γλωχίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γλωχῑ́ν (glōkhī́n)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰ-s (“point”) but there are no certain cognates; possibly Old Norse kleggi (“gadfly”) (see English cleg).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɔː.kʰǐːs/ → /ɣloˈçis/ → /ɣloˈçis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlɔː.kʰǐːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡloˈkʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣloˈçis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣloˈçis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣloˈçis/

Noun

γλωχῑ́ς • (glōkhī́s) f (genitive γλωχῖνος); third declension

1. projecting point
2. end of the yoke strap
3. barb of an arrow
4. point of a penknife
5. (botany) stigma of saffron

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γλωχῑ́ς; τῆς γλωχῖνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλωχῑ́ς hē glōkhī́s	τὼ γλωχῖνε tṑ glōkhîne	αἱ γλωχῖνες hai glōkhînes
Genitive	τῆς γλωχῖνος tês glōkhînos	τοῖν γλωχῑ́νοιν toîn glōkhī́noin	τῶν γλωχῑ́νων tôn glōkhī́nōn
Dative	τῇ γλωχῖνῐ têi glōkhîni	τοῖν γλωχῑ́νοιν toîn glōkhī́noin	ταῖς γλωχῖσῐ / γλωχῖσῐν taîs glōkhîsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν γλωχῖνᾰ tḕn glōkhîna	τὼ γλωχῖνε tṑ glōkhîne	τᾱ̀ς γλωχῖνᾰς tā̀s glōkhînas
Vocative	γλωχῑ́ς glōkhī́s	γλωχῖνε glōkhîne	γλωχῖνες glōkhînes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γλωχῑνωτός (glōkhīnōtós)

References

• “γλωχίν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γλωχίν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γλωχίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλωχίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1144”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1144