τέτραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Originally onomatopoeic. For the suffix, compare the bird names κόραξ (kórax, “crow”) and πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Similar bird names are Lithuanian tetervà (“grey hen”), Proto-Slavic *tetervь (“black grouse”), Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh (“pheasant”) and Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittira, “partridge”). From the same onomatopoeic root are τετράων (tetráōn), τέτριξ (tétrix), τατύρας (tatúras), τέταρος (tétaros) and τετράζω (tetrázō).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τέτρᾰξ • (tétrax) m (genitive τέτρᾰγος or τέτρᾰκος); third declension

  1. hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Tetrax

Further reading

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