ἀναξυρίδες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Persian.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δες • (anăxŭrĭ́des) f pl (genitive ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δων); third declension

  1. trousers worn by Scythians and Sacae
    • c. 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories‎[1], archived from the original on 14 August 2023, 8.37.1:
      [...] αὐτὴν [τὴν χεῖρα] κρύψας ἐν τῇσι ἀναξυρίσι [...]
      [...] autḕn [tḕn kheîra] krúpsas en tēîsi anaxurísi [...]
      ...having hidden it [his hand] in his pants...
    • c. 370 BCE, Xenophon, Education of Cyrus‎[2], archived from the original on 14 August 2023, 8.3.13:
      [...] καὶ [ἔχων] περὶ τοῖς σκέλεσιν ἀναξυρίδας ὑσγινοβαφεῖς[...]
      [...] kaì [ékhōn] perì toîs skélesin anaxurídas husginobapheîs[...]
      ... and wearing pants dyed scarlet on his legs...
    • a. 180 CE, Lucian of Samosata, How to Write History‎[3], archived from the original on 14 August 2023, section 19:
      ἡ [...] Οὐολογέσου ἀναξυρὶς [...]
      hē [...] Ouologésou anaxurìs [...]
      Vologeses' pants...
    • a. 238 CE, Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana‎[4], archived from the original on 14 August 2023, section 1.25:
      χαίρουσι δὲ τῷ Ὀρφεῖ, τιάραν ἴσως καὶ ἀναξυρίδα τιμῶντες, οὐ γὰρ μουσικήν γε, οὐδὲ ᾠδάς, αἷς ἔθελγεν.
      khaírousi dè tōî Orpheî, tiáran ísōs kaì anaxurída timôntes, ou gàr mousikḗn ge, oudè ōidás, haîs éthelgen.
      And they rejoice about Orpheus, valuing his crown as much as his pants, since they don't value his music, nor the songs with which he cast his charm.

Usage notes

In Classical Greek the plural form is used even for a single pair of trousers, but Koine Greek uses the singular.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́ς; τῆς ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́ς
hē anăxŭrĭ́s 		αἱ ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δες
hai anăxŭrĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δος
tês anăxŭrĭ́dos 		τῶν ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δων
tôn anăxŭrĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δῐ
tēî anăxŭrĭ́dĭ 		ταῖς ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́σῐ / ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́σῐν
taîs anăxŭrĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δᾰ
tḕn anăxŭrĭ́dă 		τᾱ̀ς ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s anăxŭrĭ́dăs
Vocative ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́ς
anăxŭrĭ́s 		ἀνᾰξῠρῐ́δες
anăxŭrĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

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