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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -υκ-, which is found also in ἄμπυξ (ámpux).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îː.dyks/ → /ˈi.ðyks/ → /ˈi.ðiks/
Noun
ἶδῠξ • (îdux) m (genitive ἴ̄δῠκος); third declension
- beech marten (Martes foina)
- Synonym: ἴκτις (íktis)
Declension
Further reading
- “ἶδυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN