ἤρυγγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἠρύγγη (ērúngē)

Etymology

The formation is similar to εἴλιγγος (eílingos) and πίσυγγος (písungos). According to Strömberg, it derives from ἔαρ (éar, “spring”). However, Beekes is sure of the Pre-Greek origin of the word. Compare also the synonymous Middle Armenian երնջնակ (ernǰnak).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.ryŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈi.ryŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈi.riŋ.ɡos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.ryŋ.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.ryŋ.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ryŋ.ɡos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ryŋ.ɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.riŋ.ɡos/

Noun

ἤρυγγος • (ḗrungos) f (genitive ἠρύγγου); second declension

1. eryngo (plant of the genus Eryngium)
2. goat's beard

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ἤρυγγος; τῆς ἠρύγγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἤρυγγος hē ḗrungos	τὼ ἠρύγγω tṑ ērúngō	αἱ ἤρυγγοι hai ḗrungoi
Genitive	τῆς ἠρύγγου tês ērúngou	τοῖν ἠρύγγοιν toîn ērúngoin	τῶν ἠρύγγων tôn ērúngōn
Dative	τῇ ἠρύγγῳ têi ērúngōi	τοῖν ἠρύγγοιν toîn ērúngoin	ταῖς ἠρύγγοις taîs ērúngois
Accusative	τὴν ἤρυγγον tḕn ḗrungon	τὼ ἠρύγγω tṑ ērúngō	τᾱ̀ς ἠρύγγους tā̀s ērúngous
Vocative	ἤρυγγε ḗrunge	ἠρύγγω ērúngō	ἤρυγγοι ḗrungoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἠρύγγιον (ērúngion)
• ἠρυγγίς (ērungís)

 

Further reading

• “ἤρυγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἤρυγγος 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