θρῖναξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θρῑνάκη (thrīnákē)

Etymology

Mostly interpreted as a compound with τρι- (tri-), but the attempts at finding an Indo-European etymology have failed. Furnée compares τρίναξ (trínax, “instrument used in agriculture”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the variation θρι-/τρι- and the typical substrate suffix -ᾰξ.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrîː.naks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰri.naks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.naks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.naks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.naks/

Noun

θρῖνᾰξ • (thrînăx) f (genitive θρῑ́νᾰκος); third declension

winnowing fork, three-pronged fork used to stir grain
Synonym: τρίαινα (tríaina)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ θρῖνᾰξ; τῆς θρῑ́νᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θρῖνᾰξ hē thrînăx	τὼ θρῑ́νᾰκε tṑ thrī́năke	αἱ θρῑ́νᾰκες hai thrī́năkes
Genitive	τῆς θρῑ́νᾰκος tês thrī́năkos	τοῖν θρῑνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrīnắkoin	τῶν θρῑνᾰ́κων tôn thrīnắkōn
Dative	τῇ θρῑ́νᾰκῐ tēî thrī́năkĭ	τοῖν θρῑνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrīnắkoin	ταῖς θρῑ́νᾰξῐ / θρῑ́νᾰξῐν taîs thrī́năxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θρῑ́νᾰκᾰ tḕn thrī́năkă	τὼ θρῑ́νᾰκε tṑ thrī́năke	τᾱ̀ς θρῑ́νᾰκᾰς tā̀s thrī́năkăs
Vocative	θρῖνᾰξ thrînăx	θρῑ́νᾰκε thrī́năke	θρῑ́νᾰκες thrī́năkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Θρινακίη (Thrinakíē)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Thrinax