ἀσκάλαφος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κάλαφος (kálaphos)
Etymology
The suffix -φος in animal names is well known. According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.ká.la.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈka.la.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈka.la.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈka.la.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈka.la.fos/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀσκάλαφος ho askálaphos |
τὼ ἀσκαλάφω tṑ askaláphō |
οἱ ἀσκάλαφοι hoi askálaphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀσκαλάφου toû askaláphou |
τοῖν ἀσκαλάφοιν toîn askaláphoin |
τῶν ἀσκαλάφων tôn askaláphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀσκαλάφῳ tôi askaláphōi |
τοῖν ἀσκαλάφοιν toîn askaláphoin |
τοῖς ἀσκαλάφοις toîs askaláphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀσκάλαφον tòn askálaphon |
τὼ ἀσκαλάφω tṑ askaláphō |
τοὺς ἀσκαλάφους toùs askaláphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀσκάλαφε askálaphe |
ἀσκαλάφω askaláphō |
ἀσκάλαφοι askálaphoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Translingual: Ascalaphus
Further reading
- ἀσκάλαφος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀσκάλαφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσκάλαφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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