ἄμπυξ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Formerly considered to be a root noun prefixed with ἀμ-, belonging to πύκα (púka, “solidly”) and πυκνός (puknós, “compact”), and cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬯𐬁 (pusā, “headband, diadem”). However, the notion "thick, solid" does not seem to fit the obejects in question. A word for such objects is easily borrowed and, according to Beekes, it contains a typical Pre-Greek suffix.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ám.pyks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈam.pyks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈam.pyks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈam.pyks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈam.biks/
Noun edit
ἄμπῠξ • (ámpux) m or f (genitive ἄμπῠκος); third declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ ᾰ̓́μπῠξ ho, hē ámpux |
τὼ ᾰ̓́μπῠκε tṑ ámpuke |
οἱ, αἱ ᾰ̓́μπῠκες hoi, hai ámpukes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ᾰ̓́μπῠκος toû, tês ámpukos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μπῠ́κοιν toîn ampúkoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓μπῠ́κων tôn ampúkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ ᾰ̓́μπῠκῐ tôi, têi ámpuki |
τοῖν ᾰ̓μπῠ́κοιν toîn ampúkoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς ᾰ̓́μπῠξῐ / ᾰ̓́μπῠξῐν toîs, taîs ámpuxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν ᾰ̓́μπῠκᾰ tòn, tḕn ámpuka |
τὼ ᾰ̓́μπῠκε tṑ ámpuke |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́μπῠκᾰς toùs, tā̀s ámpukas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́μπῠξ ámpux |
ᾰ̓́μπῠκε ámpuke |
ᾰ̓́μπῠκες ámpukes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ἀμπυκάζω (ampukázō)
- ἀμπυκτήρ (ampuktḗr)
- ἀμπυκτήριον (ampuktḗrion)
- ἀμπύκωμα (ampúkōma)
- ἀνάμπυξ (anámpux)
- κυανάμπυξ (kuanámpux)
- λιπαράμπυξ (liparámpux)
- μονάμπυξ (monámpux)
- χρυσάμπυξ (khrusámpux)
Descendants edit
- → English: ampyx
Further reading edit
- “ἄμπυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄμπυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄμπυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄμπυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄμπυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄμπυξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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