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ὕστριξ
ὕστριξ
Ancient Greek
Noun
ὕστριξ • (hústrix) m, f (genitive ὕστριχος); third declension
- The porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
- Something obtained from pigs, probably bristles
- An instrument of punishment, probably cat-o'-nine-tails
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὕστρῐξ | τὼ ὕστρῐχε | οἱ ὕστρῐχες | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὕστρῐχος | τοῖν ὑστρῐ́χοιν | τῶν ὑστρῐ́χων | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὕστρῐχῐ | τοῖν ὑστρῐ́χοιν | τοῖς ὕστρῐξῐ | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὕστρῐχᾰ | τὼ ὕστρῐχε | τοὺς ὕστρῐχᾰς | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὕστρῐξ | ὕστρῐχε | ὕστρῐχες | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
References
- ὕστριξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὕστριξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- porcupine idem, page 627.