ἴυγξ

ἴυγξ

See also: Ἴϋγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰύζω (iúzō, “shout, yell”). Beekes reconstructs Pre-Greek *wʲug-[1].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.yŋks/ → /ˈi.yŋks/ → /ˈi.iŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.yŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.yŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.yŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.yŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.iŋks/

Noun

ἴυγξ • (íunx) f (genitive ἴυγγος); third declension

1. Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla
   • Aristotle, History of Animals 2.12.4
   • Aristotle, Parts of Animals 4.12.35
   • Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 6.19
   • Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.11.17
   1. (figuratively) spell, charm
      • Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1110
   2. passionate yearning
      • Aeschylus, The Persians 989

Usage notes

• The ancient wizards and witches used to bind it to a wheel, which they turned round, believing that they drew men’s hearts along with it and charmed them to obedience; hence it was much used to recover unfaithful lovers. This operation was called ἕλκειν ἴυγγα ἐπί τινι (hélkein íunga epí tini, “to set the magic bird against someone”).

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἴυγξ; τῆς ἴυγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἴυγξ hē íunx	τὼ ἴυγγε tṑ íunge	αἱ ἴυγγες hai íunges
Genitive	τῆς ἴυγγος tês íungos	τοῖν ἰύγγοιν toîn iúngoin	τῶν ἰύγγων tôn iúngōn
Dative	τῇ ἴυγγῐ têi íungi	τοῖν ἰύγγοιν toîn iúngoin	ταῖς ἴυγξῐ / ἴυγξῐν taîs íunxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἴυγγᾰ tḕn íunga	τὼ ἴυγγε tṑ íunge	τᾱ̀ς ἴυγγᾰς tā̀s íungas
Vocative	ἴυγξ íunx	ἴυγγε íunge	ἴυγγες íunges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: iynx

References

• ἴυγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἴυγξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἴυγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

1. Beekes, Robert S.P. (2008), “Palatalized Consonants in Pre-Greek”, in Evidence and Counter-Evidence: Essays in honour of Frederik Kortlandt. Volume 1: Balto-Slavic and Indo-European Linguistics (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics; 32), pages 45–56