αὐχήν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἄμφην (ámphēn) — Aeolic

Etymology

According to Beekes, the -ήν (-ḗn) suffix renders a Pre-Greek source tentatively reconstructed as *ankʷēn.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αὐχήν • (aukhḗn) m (genitive αὐχένος); third declension

  1. neck
    Synonym: τράχηλος (trákhēlos)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ αὐχήν; τοῦ αὐχένος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ αὐχήν
ho aukhḗn 		τὼ αὐχένε
tṑ aukhéne 		οἱ αὐχένες
hoi aukhénes
Genitive τοῦ αὐχένος
toû aukhénos 		τοῖν αὐχένοιν
toîn aukhénoin 		τῶν αὐχένων
tôn aukhénōn
Dative τῷ αὐχένῐ
tōî aukhénĭ 		τοῖν αὐχένοιν
toîn aukhénoin 		τοῖς αὐχέσῐ / αὐχέσῐν
toîs aukhésĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν αὐχένᾰ
tòn aukhénă 		τὼ αὐχένε
tṑ aukhéne 		τοὺς αὐχένᾰς
toùs aukhénăs
Vocative αὐχήν
aukhḗn 		αὐχένε
aukhéne 		αὐχένες
aukhénes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: αυχένας (afchénas)
  • ⇒ Translingual: Glyptauchen

References

  1. ^ Beekes, R. S. P. (January 2007) Pre-Greek: The Pre-Greek loans in Greek‎[1], third version, page 5

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