δρυοκολάπτης
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δρῠκολᾰ́πτης (drukoláptēs)
Etymology
From δρῦς (drûs, “wood, oak”) + κολάπτω (koláptō, “to peck”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dry.o.ko.láp.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dry.o.koˈlap.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðry.o.koˈlap.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðry.o.koˈlap.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðri.o.koˈlap.tis/
Noun
δρῠοκολᾰ́πτης • (druokoláptēs) m (genitive δρῠοκολᾰ́πτου); second declension
- woodpecker (bird of the subfamily Picinae)
- Synonym: δρῠ́οψ (drúops)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δρῠοκολᾰ́πτης ho druokoláptēs |
τὼ δρῠοκολᾰ́πτᾱ tṑ druokoláptā |
οἱ δρῠοκολᾰ́πται hoi druokoláptai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δρῠοκολᾰ́πτου toû druokoláptou |
τοῖν δρῠοκολᾰ́πταιν toîn druokoláptain |
τῶν δρῠοκολᾰπτῶν tôn druokolaptôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δρῠοκολᾰ́πτῃ tôi druokoláptēi |
τοῖν δρῠοκολᾰ́πταιν toîn druokoláptain |
τοῖς δρῠοκολᾰ́πταις toîs druokoláptais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δρῠοκολᾰ́πτην tòn druokoláptēn |
τὼ δρῠοκολᾰ́πτᾱ tṑ druokoláptā |
τοὺς δρῠοκολᾰ́πτᾱς toùs druokoláptās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δρῠοκολᾰ́πτᾰ druokolápta |
δρῠοκολᾰ́πτᾱ druokoláptā |
δρῠοκολᾰ́πται druokoláptai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: δρυοκολάπτης (dryokoláptis)
Further reading
- “δρυοκολάπτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δρυοκολάπτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δρυοκολάπτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δρυοκολάπτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δρυοκολάπτης (druokoláptēs) from Ancient Greek δρῦς (drûs, “tree, oak tree”) + κολάπτω (koláptō, “to peck (of birds), carve, engrave”).
Noun
δρυοκολάπτης • (dryokoláptis) m (plural δρυοκολάπτες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δρυοκολάπτης (dryokoláptis) | δρυοκολάπτες (dryokoláptes) |
| genitive | δρυοκολάπτη (dryokolápti) | δρυοκολαπτών (dryokolaptón) |
| accusative | δρυοκολάπτη (dryokolápti) | δρυοκολάπτες (dryokoláptes) |
| vocative | δρυοκολάπτη (dryokolápti) | δρυοκολάπτες (dryokoláptes) |
Synonyms
- τρυποκάρυδος n (trypokárydos)
- τσικλητάρα f (tsiklitára)
- τζουμπλιντάρα f (tzoumplintára)
Further reading
δρυοκολάπτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
