οὐροπύγιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ὀρροπύγιον (orrhopúgion)

Etymology

From ὄρρος (órrhos, “rump, tail”) +‎ πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

οὐροπῡ́γῐον • (ouropū́gion) n (genitive οὐροπῡγῐ́ου); second declension

  1. The rump and tail feathers of a bird.
  2. The tail and/or rump of any animal.

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον; τοῦ οὐροπῡγῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον
tò ouropū́gion		 τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω
tṑ ouropūgíō		 τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ
tà ouropū́gia
Genitive τοῦ οὐροπῡγῐ́ου
toû ouropūgíou		 τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν
toîn ouropūgíoin		 τῶν οὐροπῡγῐ́ων
tôn ouropūgíōn
Dative τῷ οὐροπῡγῐ́ῳ
tôi ouropūgíōi		 τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν
toîn ouropūgíoin		 τοῖς οὐροπῡγῐ́οις
toîs ouropūgíois
Accusative τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον
tò ouropū́gion		 τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω
tṑ ouropūgíō		 τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ
tà ouropū́gia
Vocative οὐροπῡ́γῐον
ouropū́gion		 οὐροπῡγῐ́ω
ouropūgíō		 οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ
ouropū́gia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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