τρῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρύχω (trúkhō, “to wear out, exhaust”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trŷː.kʰos/ → /ˈtry.xos/ → /ˈtri.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trŷː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.xos/

Noun

τρῦχος • (trûkhos) n (genitive τρῡ́χεος); third declension

1. worn out, tattered garment, rag

   Synonyms: λαῖφος (laîphos), ῥάκος (rhákos)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τρῦχος; τοῦ τρῡ́χεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῦχος tò trûkhos	τὼ τρῡ́χεε tṑ trū́khee	τᾰ̀ τρῡ́χεᾰ tà trū́khea
Genitive	τοῦ τρῡ́χεος toû trū́kheos	τοῖν τρῡχέοιν toîn trūkhéoin	τῶν τρῡχέων tôn trūkhéōn
Dative	τῷ τρῡ́χεῐ̈ tôi trū́kheï	τοῖν τρῡχέοιν toîn trūkhéoin	τοῖς τρῡ́χεσῐ / τρῡ́χεσῐν toîs trū́khesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τρῦχος tò trûkhos	τὼ τρῡ́χεε tṑ trū́khee	τᾰ̀ τρῡ́χεᾰ tà trū́khea
Vocative	τρῦχος trûkhos	τρῡ́χεε trū́khee	τρῡ́χεᾰ trū́khea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρῡχηρός (trūkhērós)
• τρῡ́χῐνος (trū́khinos)
• τρῡχῐ́ον (trūkhíon)

 

Further reading

• “τρῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τρῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette