στροφάλιγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στροφαλίζω (strophalízō, “to twist, spin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stro.pʰá.liŋks/ → /stroˈɸa.liŋks/ → /stroˈfa.liŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stro.pʰá.liŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /stroˈpʰa.liŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /stroˈɸa.liŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /stroˈfa.liŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stroˈfa.liŋks/

Noun

στροφᾰ́λῐγξ • (strophálinx) f (genitive στροφᾰ́λῐγγος); third declension

1. whirl, eddy

   Synonyms: βέμβιξ (bémbix), δίνη (dínē), ἶλιγξ (îlinx)

2. curve, bend
3. (astronomy) orbit of a heavenly body
4. anything with a round shape, like a cheese

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στροφᾰ́λῐγξ; τῆς στροφᾰ́λῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στροφᾰ́λῐγξ hē strophálinx	τὼ στροφᾰ́λῐγγε tṑ strophálinge	αἱ στροφᾰ́λῐγγες hai strophálinges
Genitive	τῆς στροφᾰ́λῐγγος tês strophálingos	τοῖν στροφᾰλῐ́γγοιν toîn strophalíngoin	τῶν στροφᾰλῐ́γγων tôn strophalíngōn
Dative	τῇ στροφᾰ́λῐγγῐ têi strophálingi	τοῖν στροφᾰλῐ́γγοιν toîn strophalíngoin	ταῖς στροφᾰ́λῐγξῐ / στροφᾰ́λῐγξῐν taîs strophálinxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν στροφᾰ́λῐγγᾰ tḕn strophálinga	τὼ στροφᾰ́λῐγγε tṑ strophálinge	τᾱ̀ς στροφᾰ́λῐγγᾰς tā̀s strophálingas
Vocative	στροφᾰ́λῐγξ strophálinx	στροφᾰ́λῐγγε strophálinge	στροφᾰ́λῐγγες strophálinges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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