Ὀξύρρυγχος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ὀξῠ́ρῠγχος (Oxúrunkhos)
Etymology
From ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxúrrhunkhos, “an Egyptian fish”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.sýr̥.r̥yŋ.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /okˈsyr.ryŋ.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /okˈsyr.ryŋ.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /okˈsyr.ryŋ.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /okˈsi.riŋ.xos/
Proper noun
Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος • (Oxúrrhunkhos) f (genitive Ὀξῠρρῠ́γχου); second declension
- Oxyrynchus, Lower Egypt, Egypt[1]
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος hē Oxúrrhunkhos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ὀξῠρρῠ́γχου tês Oxurrhúnkhou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ὀξῠρρῠ́γχῳ têi Oxurrhúnkhōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχον tḕn Oxúrrhunkhon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχε Oxúrrhunkhe | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ὀξῠρρῠγχῑ́της (Oxurrhunkhī́tēs)
Descendants
- → Latin: Oxyrynchus
References
- ^ Geography (Ptolemy), 4.5.59.