ὄρτυξ

Ancient Greek

Several theories exist:^[1]

From Proto-Indo-European *wort-, whence also Sanskrit वर्तिका (vártikā), वर्तक (vartaka).
From Pre-Greek, as suggested by the alternation of the ending -ῠγος (-ugos) ~ -ῠκος (-ukos).

ὄρτῠξ • (órtux) m (genitive ὄρτῠγος or ὄρτῠκος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ ὄρτῠξ; τοῦ ὄρτῠγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄρτῠξ ho órtux	τὼ ὄρτῠγε tṑ órtuge	οἱ ὄρτῠγες hoi órtuges
Genitive	τοῦ ὄρτῠγος toû órtugos	τοῖν ὀρτῠ́γοιν toîn ortúgoin	τῶν ὀρτῠ́γων tôn ortúgōn
Dative	τῷ ὄρτῠγῐ tôi órtugi	τοῖν ὀρτῠ́γοιν toîn ortúgoin	τοῖς ὄρτῠξῐ(ν) toîs órtuxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὄρτῠγᾰ tòn órtuga	τὼ ὄρτῠγε tṑ órtuge	τοὺς ὄρτῠγᾰς toùs órtugas
Vocative	ὄρτῠξ órtux	ὄρτῠγε órtuge	ὄρτῠγες órtuges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ ὄρτῠξ; τοῦ ὄρτῠκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄρτῠξ ho órtux	τὼ ὄρτῠκε tṑ órtuke	οἱ ὄρτῠκες hoi órtukes
Genitive	τοῦ ὄρτῠκος toû órtukos	τοῖν ὀρτῠ́κοιν toîn ortúkoin	τῶν ὀρτῠ́κων tôn ortúkōn
Dative	τῷ ὄρτῠκῐ tôi órtuki	τοῖν ὀρτῠ́κοιν toîn ortúkoin	τοῖς ὄρτῠξῐ(ν) toîs órtuxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὄρτῠκᾰ tòn órtuka	τὼ ὄρτῠκε tṑ órtuke	τοὺς ὄρτῠκᾰς toùs órtukas
Vocative	ὄρτῠξ órtux	ὄρτῠκε órtuke	ὄρτῠκες órtukes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὄρτυξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1112

ὄρτυξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὄρτυξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ὄρτυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- quail idem, page 662.

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