φρίκη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φρίξ (phríx)
Etymology
Extension of φρίξ (phríx, “ruffling, bristling, shivering”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰrǐː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰri.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸri.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfri.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfri.ci/
Noun
φρῑ́κη • (phrī́kē) f (genitive φρῑ́κης); second declension
- shuddering, shivering
- shivering fear
- ruffling
- frost
Declension
First declension of ἡ φρίκη; τῆς φρίκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φρίκη hē phríkē | τὼ φρίκᾱ tṑ phríkā | αἱ φρίκαι hai phríkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φρίκης tês phríkēs | τοῖν φρίκαιν toîn phríkain | τῶν φρικῶν tôn phrikôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φρίκῃ têi phríkēi | τοῖν φρίκαιν toîn phríkain | ταῖς φρίκαις taîs phríkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φρίκην tḕn phríkēn | τὼ φρίκᾱ tṑ phríkā | τᾱ̀ς φρίκᾱς tā̀s phríkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | φρίκη phríkē | φρίκᾱ phríkā | φρίκαι phríkai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: φρίκη (fríki)
- → Proto-Albanian: *frikā
- Albanian: frikë, frîgë, firkë (“fear”)
- → Romanian: frică
References
- “φρίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φρίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φρίκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette