στρουθοκάμηλος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στρουθός (strouthós, “sparrow”) + κάμηλος (kámēlos, “camel”), from its camel-like neck.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /struː.tʰo.ká.mɛː.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /stru.tʰoˈka.me̝.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /stru.θoˈka.mi.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /stru.θoˈka.mi.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /stru.θoˈka.mi.los/
Noun
στρουθοκᾰ́μηλος • (strouthokámēlos) m or f (genitive στρουθοκᾰμήλου); second declension
- ostrich (Struthio camelus)
- Synonym: στρουθίων (strouthíōn)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ στρουθοκᾰ́μηλος ho, hē strouthokámēlos |
τὼ στρουθοκᾰμήλω tṑ strouthokamḗlō |
οἱ, αἱ στρουθοκᾰ́μηλοι hoi, hai strouthokámēloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς στρουθοκᾰμήλου toû, tês strouthokamḗlou |
τοῖν στρουθοκᾰμήλοιν toîn strouthokamḗloin |
τῶν στρουθοκᾰμήλων tôn strouthokamḗlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ στρουθοκᾰμήλῳ tôi, têi strouthokamḗlōi |
τοῖν στρουθοκᾰμήλοιν toîn strouthokamḗloin |
τοῖς, ταῖς στρουθοκᾰμήλοις toîs, taîs strouthokamḗlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν στρουθοκᾰ́μηλον tòn, tḕn strouthokámēlon |
τὼ στρουθοκᾰμήλω tṑ strouthokamḗlō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς στρουθοκᾰμήλους toùs, tā̀s strouthokamḗlous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | στρουθοκᾰ́μηλε strouthokámēle |
στρουθοκᾰμήλω strouthokamḗlō |
στρουθοκᾰ́μηλοι strouthokámēloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: στρουθοκάμηλος (strouthokámilos)
- → Latin: strūthiocamēlus
- Translingual: Struthio camelus
- → Old Georgian: სირაქლემი (siraklemi) (calque)
- ⇒ Georgian: სირაქლემა (siraklema)
- → Old Church Slavonic: страѳокамиль (straθokamilĭ)
Further reading
- “στρουθοκάμηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “στρουθοκάμηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- στρουθοκάμηλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Noun
στρουθοκάμηλος • (strouthokámilos) f (plural στρουθοκάμηλοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | στρουθοκάμηλος (strouthokámilos) | στρουθοκάμηλοι (strouthokámiloi) |
| genitive | στρουθοκαμήλου (strouthokamílou) | στρουθοκαμήλων (strouthokamílon) |
| accusative | στρουθοκάμηλο (strouthokámilo) | στρουθοκαμήλους (strouthokamílous) |
| vocative | στρουθοκάμηλε (strouthokámile) στρουθοκάμηλο (strouthokámilo) |
στρουθοκάμηλοι (strouthokámiloi) |
Related terms
- στρουθοκαμηλίζω (strouthokamilízo)
- στρουθοκαμηλισμός m (strouthokamilismós)
- στρουθοκαμηλικός (strouthokamilikós) (adjective)
Further reading
στρουθοκάμηλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
