πύλιγξ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Clearly related to πυλεών (puleṓn, “wreath”); on this basis, a pre-form *πύλος (*púlos) has been assumed. This *πύλος (*púlos) is then connected with Sanskrit पुलक (pulaka, “erection or bristling of the hairs of the body”), पुलस्ति (pulasti, “wearing the hair straight”) and पुल (pula, “horripilation”). From Iranian, Kurdish is adduced, and from Celtic Irish ulcha (“beard”). However, Mayrhofer doubts this connections; in fact the suffix -ιγγ- may rather point to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pý.liŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpy.liŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.liŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.liŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.liŋks/
Noun edit
πῠ́λῐγξ • (púlinx) f (genitive πῠ́λῐγγος); third declension
- (in the plural) hair about the posteriors; curls
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πῠ́λῐγξ hē púlinx |
τὼ πῠ́λῐγγε tṑ púlinge |
αἱ πῠ́λῐγγες hai púlinges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πῠ́λῐγγος tês púlingos |
τοῖν πῠλῐ́γγοιν toîn pulíngoin |
τῶν πῠλῐ́γγων tôn pulíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πῠ́λῐγγῐ têi púlingi |
τοῖν πῠλῐ́γγοιν toîn pulíngoin |
ταῖς πῠ́λῐγξῐ / πῠ́λῐγξῐν taîs púlinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πῠ́λῐγγᾰ tḕn púlinga |
τὼ πῠ́λῐγγε tṑ púlinge |
τᾱ̀ς πῠ́λῐγγᾰς tā̀s púlingas | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῠ́λῐγξ púlinx |
πῠ́λῐγγε púlinge |
πῠ́λῐγγες púlinges | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “πύλιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: π