ψιττακός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βίττακος (bíttakos), σιττακός (sittakós), ψιττάκη (psittákē)

Etymology

Unknown. Likely of non-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psit.ta.kós/ → /psit.taˈkos/ → /psi.taˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psit.ta.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psit.taˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psit.taˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psit.taˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psi.taˈkos/

Noun

ψιττᾰκός • (psittakós) m (genitive ψιττᾰκοῦ); second declension

1. parrot

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψιττᾰκός; τοῦ ψιττᾰκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψιττᾰκός ho psittakós	τὼ ψιττᾰκώ tṑ psittakṓ	οἱ ψιττᾰκοί hoi psittakoí
Genitive	τοῦ ψιττᾰκοῦ toû psittakoû	τοῖν ψιττᾰκοῖν toîn psittakoîn	τῶν ψιττᾰκῶν tôn psittakôn
Dative	τῷ ψιττᾰκῷ tôi psittakôi	τοῖν ψιττᾰκοῖν toîn psittakoîn	τοῖς ψιττᾰκοῖς toîs psittakoîs
Accusative	τὸν ψιττᾰκόν tòn psittakón	τὼ ψιττᾰκώ tṑ psittakṓ	τοὺς ψιττᾰκούς toùs psittakoús
Vocative	ψιττᾰκέ psittaké	ψιττᾰκώ psittakṓ	ψιττᾰκοί psittakoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: psittacus
  • German: Sittich

Further reading

• “ψιττακός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψιττακός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψιττακός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette