Φρύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps of Phrygian origin. Generally connected with the Bryges, an ancient tribe of the Balkans, whose name could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high, mountain, hill”). More at Bryges.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰrýks/ → /ɸryks/ → /friks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰrýks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰryks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸryks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fryks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /friks/

Noun

Φρῠ́ξ • (Phrúx) m (genitive Φρῠγός); third declension

1. a Phrygian

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Φρῠ́ξ; τοῦ Φρῠγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Φρῠ́ξ ho Phrúx	τὼ Φρῠ́γε tṑ Phrúge	οἱ Φρῠ́γες hoi Phrúges
Genitive	τοῦ Φρῠγός toû Phrugós	τοῖν Φρῠγοῖν toîn Phrugoîn	τῶν Φρῠγῶν tôn Phrugôn
Dative	τῷ Φρῠγῐ́ tôi Phrugí	τοῖν Φρῠγοῖν toîn Phrugoîn	τοῖς Φρῠξῐ́ / Φρῠξῐ́ν toîs Phruxí(n)
Accusative	τὸν Φρῠ́γᾰ tòn Phrúga	τὼ Φρῠ́γε tṑ Phrúge	τοὺς Φρῠ́γᾰς toùs Phrúgas
Vocative	Φρῠ́ξ Phrúx	Φρῠ́γε Phrúge	Φρῠ́γες Phrúges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrugíā)
• Φρῠγῐᾰκός (Phrugiakós)
• Φρῠγῐκός (Phrugikós)
• Φρῠ́γῐος (Phrúgios)
• Φρῠγῐστῐ́ (Phrugistí)

Descendants

• Greek:
  • Φρυξ (Fryx)
  • Φρύγας (Frýgas)
  • plural: Φρύγες (Frýges)
• Latin: Phryx (plural Phryges)
• Turkish: Frig (plural Frigler)

References

• “Φρύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
• Müller, Hermann. Das nordische Griechenthum und die urgeschichtliche Bedeutung des Nordwestlichen Europas, p. 228.