θρίξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown; possibly Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰríks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰriks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θriks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θriks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θriks/

Noun

θρῐ́ξ • (thrĭ́x) f (genitive τρῐχός); third declension

hair

Inflection

The declension unusually shows the nominative singular's initial consonant being aspirated while the other forms lack it owing to Grassmann's law. The nominative singular and dative plural retained their initial aspiration due to the root χ losing its aspiration before the ending starting with -ς.

Third declension of ἡ θρῐ́ξ; τῆς τρῐχός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θρῐ́ξ hē thrĭ́x	τὼ τρῐ́χε tṑ trĭ́khe	αἱ τρῐ́χες hai trĭ́khes
Genitive	τῆς τρῐχός tês trĭkhós	τοῖν τρῐχοῖν toîn trĭkhoîn	τῶν τρῐχῶν tôn trĭkhôn
Dative	τῇ τρῐχῐ́ tēî trĭkhĭ́	τοῖν τρῐχοῖν toîn trĭkhoîn	ταῖς θρῐξῐ́ / θρῐξῐ́ν taîs thrĭxĭ́ / thrĭxĭ́n
Accusative	τὴν τρῐ́χᾰ tḕn trĭ́khă	τὼ τρῐ́χε tṑ trĭ́khe	τᾱ̀ς τρῐ́χᾰς tā̀s trĭ́khăs
Vocative	θρῐ́ξ thrĭ́x	τρῐ́χε trĭ́khe	τρῐ́χες trĭ́khes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καλλίθριξ (kallíthrix)
μελᾰ́νθρῐξ (melắnthrĭx)
τρῐχᾰ́ς (trĭkhắs)
τρίχινος (tríkhinos)
τριχομανές (trikhomanés)
τρίχωμα (tríkhōma)

Descendants

Greek: τρίχα (trícha)
→ New Latin: trichechus m
- → Italian: tricheco m
→ English: tricho-, -trichous