ἀτράφαξυς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀδράφαξυς (adráphaxus), ἀνδράφαξυς (andráphaxus), ἀτράφαξις (atráphaxis)
Etymology
Clearly a Pre-Greek word, as is shown by the variation δ/τ and the prenasalization.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.trá.pʰak.sys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈtra.pʰak.sys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈtra.ɸak.sys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈtra.fak.sys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈtra.fak.sis/
Noun
ἀτρᾰ́φᾰξῠς • (atrắphăxŭs) f (genitive ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠος); third declension
- orach (Atriplex rosea)
- Synonym: χρῡσολᾰ́χᾰνον (khrūsolắkhănon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀτρᾰ́φᾰξῠς hē atrắphăxŭs |
τὼ ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠε tṑ atrăphắxŭe |
αἱ ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠες hai atrăphắxŭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠος tês atrăphắxŭos |
τοῖν ἀτρᾰφᾰξῠ́οιν toîn atrăphăxŭ́oin |
τῶν ἀτρᾰφᾰξῠ́ων tôn atrăphăxŭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠῐ̈ / ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξυι tēî atrăphắxŭĭ̈ / atrăphắxui |
τοῖν ἀτρᾰφᾰξῠ́οιν toîn atrăphăxŭ́oin |
ταῖς ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠσῐ / ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠσῐν taîs atrăphắxŭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀτρᾰ́φᾰξῠν tḕn atrắphăxŭn |
τὼ ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠε tṑ atrăphắxŭe |
τᾱ̀ς ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῡς / ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠᾰς tā̀s atrăphắxūs / atrăphắxŭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀτρᾰ́φᾰξῠ atrắphăxŭ |
ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠε atrăphắxŭe |
ἀτρᾰφᾰ́ξῠες atrăphắxŭes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
→ Latin: atriplex
Further reading
- “ἀτράφαξυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀτράφαξυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀτράφαξυς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀτράφαξυς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164