ἀμάρυγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same Pre-Greek source of ἀμαρύσσω (amarússō, “to sparkle, twinkle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.má.ryŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈma.ryŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈma.ryŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈma.ryŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈma.riŋks/
Noun
ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξ • (amắrŭnx) m (genitive ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξ ho amắrŭnx |
τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγε tṑ amắrŭnge |
οἱ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγες hoi amắrŭnges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγος toû amắrŭngos |
τοῖν ἀμᾰρῠ́γγοιν toîn amărŭ́ngoin |
τῶν ἀμᾰρῠ́γγων tôn amărŭ́ngōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγῐ tōî amắrŭngĭ |
τοῖν ἀμᾰρῠ́γγοιν toîn amărŭ́ngoin |
τοῖς ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξῐ / ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξῐν toîs amắrŭnxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγᾰ tòn amắrŭngă |
τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγε tṑ amắrŭnge |
τοὺς ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγᾰς toùs amắrŭngăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξ amắrŭnx |
ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγε amắrŭnge |
ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγες amắrŭnges | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀμάρυγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμάρυγξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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