Πνύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Since ancient times it has been claimed the word is derived from πυκνός (puknós, “close-packed; dense; thick”), but the Oxford English Dictionary considers this a folk etymology with no evidence supporting it.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pnýks/ → /pnyks/ → /pniks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pnýks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pnyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pnyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pnyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pniks/

Proper noun

Πνύξ • (Pnúx) f (genitive Πῠκνός or Πνῠκός); third declension

1. The Pnyx, Athens, Attica, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Πνύξ; τῆς Πῠκνός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πνύξ hē Pnúx
Genitive	τῆς Πῠκνός tês Pŭknós
Dative	τῇ Πῠκνῐ́ têi Pŭknĭ́
Accusative	τὴν Πῠ́κνᾰ tḕn Pŭ́knă
Vocative	Πνύξ Pnúx
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ Πνῠ́ξ; τῆς Πνῠκός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πνῠ́ξ hē Pnŭ́x
Genitive	τῆς Πνῠκός tês Pnŭkós
Dative	τῇ Πνῠκῐ́ têi Pnŭkĭ́
Accusative	τὴν Πνῠ́κᾰ tḕn Pnŭ́kă
Vocative	Πνῠ́ξ Pnŭ́x
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: Pnyx
• Greek: Πνυξ (Pnyx)
• Latin: Pnyx

References

• “πνύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022