κρέξ

Ancient Greek

According to Beekes, perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root (of possible onomatopoeic origin) common to Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “a kind of partridge”), Russian кре́чет (kréčet, “gyrfalcon”), Old Prussian kerko (“diver, loon”), and Irish cearc (“hen”). The word has also been compared with κερκάς (kerkás, “crake”), κερκιθαλίς (kerkithalís, “stork”) and κέρκνος (kérknos, “hawk or cock”).

κρέξ • (kréx) f (genitive κρεκός); third declension

long-legged bird, perhaps:
1. corncrake (Crex crex)
2. ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
name of ill omen to the newly married
noisy braggart

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρέξ hē kréx	τὼ κρέκε tṑ kréke	αἱ κρέκες hai krékes
Genitive	τῆς κρεκός tês krekós	τοῖν κρεκοῖν toîn krekoîn	τῶν κρεκῶν tôn krekôn
Dative	τῇ κρεκῐ́ têi krekí	τοῖν κρεκοῖν toîn krekoîn	ταῖς κρεξῐ́ / κρεξῐ́ν taîs krexí(n)
Accusative	τὴν κρέκᾰ tḕn kréka	τὼ κρέκε tṑ kréke	τᾱ̀ς κρέκᾰς tā̀s krékas
Vocative	κρέξ kréx	κρέκε kréke	κρέκες krékes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρέξ, κρεκός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 776