αὐχήν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄμφην (ámphēn) — Aeolic

Etymology

According to Beekes, the -ήν (-ḗn) suffix renders a Pre-Greek source tentatively reconstructed as *ankʷēn.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.kʰɛ̌ːn/ → /aɸˈçin/ → /afˈçin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.kʰɛ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍˈkʰe̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸˈçin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /afˈçin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /afˈçin/

Noun

αὐχήν • (aukhḗn) m (genitive αὐχένος); third declension

1. neck

Declension

Third declension of ὁ αὐχήν; τοῦ αὐχένος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αὐχήν ho aukhḗn	τὼ αὐχένε tṑ aukhéne	οἱ αὐχένες hoi aukhénes
Genitive	τοῦ αὐχένος toû aukhénos	τοῖν αὐχένοιν toîn aukhénoin	τῶν αὐχένων tôn aukhénōn
Dative	τῷ αὐχένῐ tôi aukhéni	τοῖν αὐχένοιν toîn aukhénoin	τοῖς αὐχέσῐ / αὐχέσῐν toîs aukhési(n)
Accusative	τὸν αὐχένᾰ tòn aukhéna	τὼ αὐχένε tṑ aukhéne	τοὺς αὐχένᾰς toùs aukhénas
Vocative	αὐχήν aukhḗn	αὐχένε aukhéne	αὐχένες aukhénes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• τράχηλος (trákhēlos)

Derived terms

• βῡσαύχην (būsaúkhēn)
• ἐριαύχην (eriaúkhēn)

Descendants

• Greek: αυχένας (afchénas)

Further reading

• “αὐχήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αὐχήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “αὐχήν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αὐχήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αὐχήν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• αὐχήν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “αὐχήν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • neck idem, page 554.
  • spit idem, page 802.
  • throat idem, page 870.
  • tongue idem, page 880.