θρῆνυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θρᾶνυξ (thrânux), θρῆνυξ (thrênux)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”) and θρόνος (thrónos, “throne”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrɛ̂ː.nys/ → /ˈθri.nys/ → /ˈθri.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrɛ̂ː.nys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰre̝.nys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.nys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.nys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθri.nis/

Noun

θρῆνῠς • (thrênus) m (genitive θρήνῠος); third declension

1. footstool

   Synonyms: σφέλας (sphélas), ὑποπόδιον (hupopódion)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ θρῆνῠς; τοῦ θρήνῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρῆνῠς ho thrênus	τὼ θρήνῠε tṑ thrḗnue	οἱ θρήνῠες hoi thrḗnues
Genitive	τοῦ θρήνῠος toû thrḗnuos	τοῖν θρηνῠ́οιν toîn thrēnúoin	τῶν θρηνῠ́ων tôn thrēnúōn
Dative	τῷ θρήνῠῐ̈ / θρήνυι tôi thrḗnuï / thrḗnui	τοῖν θρηνῠ́οιν toîn thrēnúoin	τοῖς θρήνῠσῐ / θρήνῠσῐν toîs thrḗnusi(n)
Accusative	τὸν θρῆνῠν tòn thrênun	τὼ θρήνῠε tṑ thrḗnue	τοὺς θρήνῡς / θρήνῠᾰς toùs thrḗnūs / thrḗnuas
Vocative	θρῆνῠ thrênu	θρήνῠε thrḗnue	θρήνῠες thrḗnues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θρῆνυς ἑπταπόδης (thrênus heptapódēs)

References

• “θρῆνυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θρῆνυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “θρῆνυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θρῆνυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θρῆνυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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