θρῶναξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n- (“drone; to murmur”), like English drone and Latin drensō (“to cry (of swans)”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin, comparing the word with ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”), ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē, “bee, wasp”) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰrɔ̂ː.naks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰro.naks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθro.naks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθro.naks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθro.naks/
Noun
θρῶνᾰξ • (thrônăx) m (genitive θρώνᾰκος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ θρῶνᾰξ ho thrônăx |
τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnăke |
οἱ θρώνᾰκες hoi thrṓnăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θρώνᾰκος toû thrṓnăkos |
τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnắkoin |
τῶν θρωνᾰ́κων tôn thrōnắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θρώνᾰκῐ tōî thrṓnăkĭ |
τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnắkoin |
τοῖς θρώνᾰξῐ / θρώνᾰξῐν toîs thrṓnăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θρώνᾰκᾰ tòn thrṓnăkă |
τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnăke |
τοὺς θρώνᾰκᾰς toùs thrṓnăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θρῶνᾰξ thrônăx |
θρώνᾰκε thrṓnăke |
θρώνᾰκες thrṓnăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “θρῶναξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: θ