στύραξ
Ancient Greek
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stý.raks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsty.raks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsty.raks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsty.raks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsti.raks/
Etymology 1
editProbably of Semitic origin, because this resin was introduced by the Phoenicians.
Noun
editστύραξ • (stúrax) m (genitive στύρᾰκος); third declension
- storax tree (Styrax officinalis)
- resin produced by this tree
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ στύρᾰξ ho stúrax |
τὼ στύρᾰκε tṑ stúrake |
οἱ στύρᾰκες hoi stúrakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στύρᾰκος toû stúrakos |
τοῖν στυρᾰ́κοιν toîn sturákoin |
τῶν στυρᾰ́κων tôn sturákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στύρᾰκῐ tôi stúraki |
τοῖν στυρᾰ́κοιν toîn sturákoin |
τοῖς στύρᾰξῐ / στύρᾰξῐν toîs stúraxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν στύρᾰκᾰ tòn stúraka |
τὼ στύρᾰκε tṑ stúrake |
τοὺς στύρᾰκᾰς toùs stúrakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | στύρᾰξ stúrax |
στύρᾰκε stúrake |
στύρᾰκες stúrakes | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
edit- στυρακᾶτον (sturakâton)
- στυρακίζω (sturakízō)
- στυράκινος (sturákinos)
Descendants
edit- → Latin: styrax
- → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܘܪܩܐ, ܐܣܛܘܪܟܐ, ܣܛܘܪܟܐ (sṭurkā, ʾesṭurkā, ʾesṭurqā)
- → Old Georgian: სტჳრაკი (sṭwiraḳi)
Etymology 2
editThe formation is like κάμαξ (kámax) and χάραξ (khárax). According to Beekes, it's either from the name of the tree or from Pre-Greek.
Noun
editστύραξ • (stúrax) m (genitive στύρᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ στύρᾰξ ho stúrax |
τὼ στύρᾰκε tṑ stúrake |
οἱ στύρᾰκες hoi stúrakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στύρᾰκος toû stúrakos |
τοῖν στυρᾰ́κοιν toîn sturákoin |
τῶν στυρᾰ́κων tôn sturákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στύρᾰκῐ tôi stúraki |
τοῖν στυρᾰ́κοιν toîn sturákoin |
τοῖς στύρᾰξῐ / στύρᾰξῐν toîs stúraxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν στύρᾰκᾰ tòn stúraka |
τὼ στύρᾰκε tṑ stúrake |
τοὺς στύρᾰκᾰς toùs stúrakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | στύρᾰξ stúrax |
στύρᾰκε stúrake |
στύρᾰκες stúrakes | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
edit- στυράκιον (sturákion)
Further reading
edit- “στύραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στύραξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 388–395
Categories:
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Semitic languages
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- grc:Gums and resins
- grc:Ericales order plants