ῥέγκος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῥέγχος (rhénkhos), ῥόγχος (rhónkhos), ῥοχμός (rhokhmós), ῥογμός (rhogmós), ῥωχμός (rhōkhmós), ῥωγμός (rhōgmós)
Etymology
From ῥέγκω (rhénkō, “to snore; to wheeze from the lung”) + -ος (-os, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥éŋ.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈreŋ.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈreŋ.ɡos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈreŋ.ɡos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈreŋ.ɡos/
Noun
ῥέγκος • (rhénkos) n (genitive ῥέγκεος); third declension
- Snoring, stertorous breathing.
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ῥέγκος; τοῦ ῥέγκεος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ῥέγκος tò rhénkos | τὼ ῥέγκεε tṑ rhénkee | τᾰ̀ ῥέγκεᾰ tà rhénkea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῥέγκεος toû rhénkeos | τοῖν ῥεγκέοιν toîn rhenkéoin | τῶν ῥεγκέων tôn rhenkéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῥέγκεῐ̈ tôi rhénkeï | τοῖν ῥεγκέοιν toîn rhenkéoin | τοῖς ῥέγκεσῐ / ῥέγκεσῐν toîs rhénkesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ῥέγκος tò rhénkos | τὼ ῥέγκεε tṑ rhénkee | τᾰ̀ ῥέγκεᾰ tà rhénkea | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥέγκος rhénkos | ῥέγκεε rhénkee | ῥέγκεᾰ rhénkea | ||||||||||
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References
- “ῥέγκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press