ῥαθάμιγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, the word is from Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix, found also in λᾶϊγξ (lâïnx), πύλιγξ (púlinx) and στροφάλιγξ (strophálinx).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥a.tʰá.miŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /raˈtʰa.miŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /raˈθa.miŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /raˈθa.miŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /raˈθa.miŋks/
Noun
ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξ • (rhatháminx) f (genitive ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγος); third declension
- drop (of liquids)
- Synonyms: πέμφιξ (pémphix), ῥανίς (rhanís), σταγών (stagṓn), στράγξ (stránx), ψακάς (psakás), ψιάς (psiás)
- grain, bit (of solids)
- spot, speckle
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξ; τῆς ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξ hē rhatháminx | τὼ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγε tṑ rhatháminge | αἱ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγες hai rhatháminges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγος tês rhathámingos | τοῖν ῥᾰθᾰμῐ́γγοιν toîn rhathamíngoin | τῶν ῥᾰθᾰμῐ́γγων tôn rhathamíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγῐ têi rhathámingi | τοῖν ῥᾰθᾰμῐ́γγοιν toîn rhathamíngoin | ταῖς ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξῐ / ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξῐν taîs rhatháminxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγᾰ tḕn rhatháminga | τὼ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγε tṑ rhatháminge | τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγᾰς tā̀s rhathámingas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξ rhatháminx | ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγε rhatháminge | ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγες rhatháminges | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῥαθαμίζω (rhathamízō)
Further reading
- “ῥαθάμιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥαθάμιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ῥαθάμιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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