πύλιγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Clearly related to πυλεών (puleṓn, “wreath”); on this basis, a pre-form *πύλος (*púlos) has been assumed. This *πύλος (*púlos) is then connected with Sanskrit पुलक (pulaka, “erection or bristling of the hairs of the body”), पुलस्ति (pulasti, “wearing the hair straight”) and पुल (pula, “horripilation”). From Iranian, Kurdish [script needed] (kūr, “hair of the head”) is adduced, and from Celtic Irish ulcha (“beard”). However, Mayrhofer doubts this connections; in fact the suffix -ιγγ- may rather point to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pý.liŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpy.liŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.liŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.liŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.liŋks/
Noun
πῠ́λῐγξ • (púlinx) f (genitive πῠ́λῐγγος); third declension
- (in the plural) hair about the posteriors; curls
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ πῠ́λῐγξ; τῆς πῠ́λῐγγος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πῠ́λῐγξ hē púlinx | τὼ πῠ́λῐγγε tṑ púlinge | αἱ πῠ́λῐγγες hai púlinges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πῠ́λῐγγος tês púlingos | τοῖν πῠλῐ́γγοιν toîn pulíngoin | τῶν πῠλῐ́γγων tôn pulíngōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πῠ́λῐγγῐ têi púlingi | πῠλῐ́γγοιν pulíngoin | ταῖς πῠ́λῐγξῐ / πῠ́λῐγξῐν taîs púlinxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πῠ́λῐγγᾰ tḕn púlinga | πῠ́λῐγγε púlinge | τᾱ̀ς πῠ́λῐγγᾰς tā̀s púlingas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῠ́λῐγξ púlinx | πῠ́λῐγγε púlinge | πῠ́λῐγγες púlinges | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- πύλιγξ 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: π