Θρᾷξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Θρῇξ (Thrêix) — Tragic, Epic

Etymology

From the base of θράσσω (thrássō, “to trouble, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥h₂-gʰ-yé-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrâːi̯ks/ → /θraks/ → /θraks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrâːi̯ks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰraks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θraks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θraks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θraks/

Proper noun

Θρᾷξ • (Thrâix) m (genitive Θρᾳκός); third declension (Attic, Koine)

1. Thrax

Noun

Θρᾷξ • (Thrâix) m (genitive Θρᾳκός); third declension (Attic, Koine)

1. an inhabitant of Thrace; a Thracian

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Θρᾷξ; τοῦ Θρᾳκός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Θρᾷξ ho Thrâix	τὼ Θρᾷκε tṑ Thrâike	οἱ Θρᾷκες hoi Thrâikes
Genitive	τοῦ Θρᾳκός toû Thrāikós	τοῖν Θρᾳκοῖν toîn Thrāikoîn	τῶν Θρᾳκῶν tôn Thrāikôn
Dative	τῷ Θρᾳκῐ́ tôi Thrāikí	τοῖν Θρᾳκοῖν toîn Thrāikoîn	τοῖς Θρᾳξῐ́ / Θρᾳξῐ́ν toîs Thrāixí(n)
Accusative	τὸν Θρᾷκᾰ tòn Thrâika	τὼ Θρᾷκε tṑ Thrâike	τοὺς Θρᾷκᾰς toùs Thrâikas
Vocative	Θρᾷξ Thrâix	Θρᾷκε Thrâike	Θρᾷκες Thrâikes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Θρᾷσσα (Thrâissa)
• Θρᾴκη (Thrā́ikē)
• Θρᾴκιος (Thrā́ikios)
• Θρᾳσκίας (Thrāiskías)
• Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrā́ikē)
• Σαμόθρᾳξ (Samóthrāix)

Descendants

• Greek: Θραξ (Thrax), Θράκας (Thrákas)
• Latin: Thrāx, thraex

References

• “Θρᾷξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Θρᾷξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
• Sievers' Law and the History of Semivowel Syllabicity in Indo-European and Ancient Greek