Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀρροπύγιον ‎(orrhopúgion)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /uropýɣion/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /uropýʝion/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /uɾopíʝion/

Noun

οὐροπῡ́γιον • ‎(ouropū́gion) n ‎(genitive οὐροπυγίου); second declension

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

Inflection

References

• οὐροπύγιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «οὐροπύγιον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette