στρόφιγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn, rotate”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /stró.pʰiŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstro.pʰiŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈstro.ɸiŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈstro.fiŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈstro.fiŋks/
Noun
στρόφῐγξ • (stróphinx) m (genitive στρόφῐγγος); third declension
- pivot, axle or pin on which a body turns
- (in the plural) pivots working in sockets, at top and bottom of a door
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ στρόφῐγξ; τοῦ στρόφῐγγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ στρόφῐγξ ho stróphinx | τὼ στρόφῐγγε tṑ stróphinge | οἱ στρόφῐγγες hoi stróphinges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ στρόφῐγγος toû stróphingos | τοῖν στροφῐ́γγοιν toîn strophíngoin | τῶν στροφῐ́γγων tôn strophíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ στρόφῐγγῐ tôi stróphingi | τοῖν στροφῐ́γγοιν toîn strophíngoin | τοῖς στρόφῐγξῐ / στρόφῐγξῐν toîs stróphinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν στρόφῐγγᾰ tòn stróphinga | τὼ στρόφῐγγε tṑ stróphinge | τοὺς στρόφῐγγᾰς toùs stróphingas | ||||||||||
Vocative | στρόφῐγξ stróphinx | στρόφῐγγε stróphinge | στρόφῐγγες stróphinges | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: στρόφιγγα (strófinga)
Further reading
- στρόφιγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- στρόφιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette