ῥύαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the verb ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, stream”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ý.aks/ → /ˈry.aks/ → /ˈri.aks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ý.aks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈry.aks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈry.aks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈry.aks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈri.aks/

Noun

ῥῠ́ᾰξ • (rhúax) m (genitive ῥῠ́ᾱκος); third declension

1. rushing stream, mountain torrent
2. stream of lava from a volcano

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῥῠ́ᾰξ; τοῦ ῥῠ́ᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥῠ́ᾰξ ho rhúax	τὼ ῥῠ́ᾱκε tṑ rhúāke	οἱ ῥῠ́ᾱκες hoi rhúākes
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῠ́ᾱκος toû rhúākos	τοῖν ῥῠᾱ́κοιν toîn rhuā́koin	τῶν ῥῠᾱ́κων tôn rhuā́kōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῠ́ᾱκῐ tôi rhúāki	τοῖν ῥῠᾱ́κοιν toîn rhuā́koin	τοῖς ῥῠ́ᾱξῐ / ῥῠ́ᾱξῐν toîs rhúāxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῥῠ́ᾱκᾰ tòn rhúāka	τὼ ῥῠ́ᾱκε tṑ rhúāke	τοὺς ῥῠ́ᾱκᾰς toùs rhúākas
Vocative	ῥῠ́ᾰξ rhúax	ῥῠ́ᾱκε rhúāke	ῥῠ́ᾱκες rhúākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ρυάκι (ryáki)
• → Latin: rhyax

Further reading

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