χρυσάμπυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ ἄμπυξ (ámpux, “frontlet, headband”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sám.pyks/ → /xryˈsam.pyks/ → /xriˈsam.biks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sám.pyks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰryˈsam.pyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsam.pyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsam.pyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xriˈsam.biks/

Adjective

χρῡσάμπυξ • (khrūsámpux) m or f (neuter —); third declension

1. having a golden frontlet or headband

Declension

Not attested in the neuter.

Third declension of χρῡσᾰ́μπῠξ; — (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠξ khrūsámpux	—		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠκε khrūsámpuke	—		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠκες khrūsámpukes	—
Genitive		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠκος khrūsámpukos	—		χρῡσᾰμπῠ́κοιν khrūsampúkoin	—		χρῡσᾰμπῠ́κων khrūsampúkōn	—
Dative		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠκῐ khrūsámpuki	—		χρῡσᾰμπῠ́κοιν khrūsampúkoin	—		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠξῐ / χρῡσᾰ́μπῠξῐν khrūsámpuxi(n)	—
Accusative		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠκᾰ khrūsámpuka	—		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠκε khrūsámpuke	—		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠκᾰς khrūsámpukas	—
Vocative		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠξ khrūsámpux	—		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠκε khrūsámpuke	—		χρῡσᾰ́μπῠκες khrūsámpukes	—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χρυσάμπυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χρυσάμπυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χρυσάμπυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• χρυσάμπυξ - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• “χρυσάμπυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χρυσάμπυξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter