θρῶναξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone; to murmur”), like English drone and Latin drensō (“to cry (of swans)”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin, comparing the word with ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”), ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē, “bee, wasp”) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰrɔ̂ː.naks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰro.naks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθro.naks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθro.naks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθro.naks/
Noun
θρῶνᾰξ • (thrônax) m (genitive θρώνᾰκος); third declension
- (in Laconia) drone
- Synonym: κηφήν (kēphḗn)
Declension
Third declension of ὁ θρῶνᾰξ; τοῦ θρώνᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ θρῶνᾰξ ho thrônax | τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnake | οἱ θρώνᾰκες hoi thrṓnakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θρώνᾰκος toû thrṓnakos | τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnákoin | τῶν θρωνᾰ́κων tôn thrōnákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θρώνᾰκῐ tôi thrṓnaki | τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnákoin | τοῖς θρώνᾰξῐ / θρώνᾰξῐν toîs thrṓnaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν θρώνᾰκᾰ tòn thrṓnaka | τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnake | τοὺς θρώνᾰκᾰς toùs thrṓnakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | θρῶνᾰξ thrônax | θρώνᾰκε thrṓnake | θρώνᾰκες thrṓnakes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- θρῶναξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: θ