γνύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”), the source of γόνυ (gónu).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡnýks/ → /ɣnyks/ → /ɣniks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡnýks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡnyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣnyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣnyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣniks/

Adverb

γνύξ • (gnúx)

1. on bended knee

   Synonym: γονῠκλινής (gonuklinḗs)

Further reading

• “γνύξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γνύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γνύξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “γνύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press