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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Judging by the -αξ ending, Pre-Greek.[1] Latin sorex is probably from the same source (with a structure *sVr-Vk-).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hý.raks/ → /ˈy.raks/ → /ˈi.raks/
Noun
ῠ̔́ρᾰξ • (hŭ́răx) m (genitive ῠ̔́ρᾰκος); third declension
- shrewmouse (mammal of the family Soricidae)
- Synonym: μῡγᾰλέη (mūgăléē)
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὕραξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1536
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sōrex, -icis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576