στρόφιγξ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editUltimately from στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn, rotate”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stró.pʰiŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstro.pʰiŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈstro.ɸiŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈstro.fiŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈstro.fiŋks/
Noun
editστρόφῐγξ • (stróphinx) m (genitive στρόφῐγγος); third declension
- pivot, axle or pin on which a body turns
- (in the plural) pivots working in sockets, at top and bottom of a door
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ στρόφῐγξ ho stróphinx |
τὼ στρόφῐγγε tṑ stróphinge |
οἱ στρόφῐγγες hoi stróphinges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στρόφῐγγος toû stróphingos |
τοῖν στροφῐ́γγοιν toîn strophíngoin |
τῶν στροφῐ́γγων tôn strophíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στρόφῐγγῐ tôi stróphingi |
τοῖν στροφῐ́γγοιν toîn strophíngoin |
τοῖς στρόφῐγξῐ / στρόφῐγξῐν toîs stróphinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν στρόφῐγγᾰ tòn stróphinga |
τὼ στρόφῐγγε tṑ stróphinge |
τοὺς στρόφῐγγᾰς toùs stróphingas | ||||||||||
Vocative | στρόφῐγξ stróphinx |
στρόφῐγγε stróphinge |
στρόφῐγγες stróphinges | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Greek: στρόφιγγα (strófinga)
Further reading
edit- “στρόφιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στρόφιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette