θριγκός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θριγγός (thringós), θριγχός (thrinkhós), τριγκός (trinkós)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word is undoubtedly from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰriŋ.kós/ → /θriŋˈɡos/ → /θriŋˈɡos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰriŋ.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰriŋˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θriŋˈɡos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θriŋˈɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θriŋˈɡos/

Noun

θριγκός • (thrinkós) m (genitive θριγκοῦ); second declension

1. (architecture) topmost course of stones in a wall, cornice, coping, frieze

   Synonym: γεῖσον (geîson)

2. capstone, last finish
3. wall, fence of any sort

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ θριγκός; τοῦ θριγκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θριγκός ho thrinkós	τὼ θριγκώ tṑ thrinkṓ	οἱ θριγκοί hoi thrinkoí
Genitive	τοῦ θριγκοῦ toû thrinkoû	τοῖν θριγκοῖν toîn thrinkoîn	τῶν θριγκῶν tôn thrinkôn
Dative	τῷ θριγκῷ tôi thrinkôi	τοῖν θριγκοῖν toîn thrinkoîn	τοῖς θριγκοῖς toîs thrinkoîs
Accusative	τὸν θριγκόν tòn thrinkón	τὼ θριγκώ tṑ thrinkṓ	τοὺς θριγκούς toùs thrinkoús
Vocative	θριγκέ thrinké	θριγκώ thrinkṓ	θριγκοί thrinkoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θριγκίον (thrinkíon)
• θριγκόω (thrinkóō)
• θριγκώδης (thrinkṓdēs)
• θρίγκωμα (thrínkōma)

Descendants

• Greek: θριγκός (thrigkós)

References

• “θριγκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θριγκός 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