γνύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”), the source of γόνυ (gónu).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡnýks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡnyks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣnyks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣnyks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣniks/

Adverb

γνύξ • (gnúx)

on bended knee
Synonym: γονῠκλινής (gonŭklinḗs)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.68:
  γνὺξ δ’ ἔριπ’ οἰμώξας, θάνατος δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε.
  gnùx d’ érip’ oimṓxas, thánatos dé min amphekálupse.
  And he fell to his knees with a groan, and death enfolded him.

Further reading

“γνύξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
γνύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γνύξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“γνύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press