θρῶναξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone; to murmur”), like English drone and Latin drensō (“to cry (of swans)”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin, comparing the word with ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”), ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē, “bee, wasp”) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrɔ̂ː.naks/ → /ˈθro.naks/ → /ˈθro.naks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrɔ̂ː.naks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰro.naks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθro.naks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθro.naks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθro.naks/

Noun

θρῶνᾰξ • (thrônăx) m (genitive θρώνᾰκος); third declension

1. (in Laconia) drone

   Synonym: κηφήν (kēphḗn)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ θρῶνᾰξ; τοῦ θρώνᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρῶνᾰξ ho thrônăx	τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnăke	οἱ θρώνᾰκες hoi thrṓnăkes
Genitive	τοῦ θρώνᾰκος toû thrṓnăkos	τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnắkoin	τῶν θρωνᾰ́κων tôn thrōnắkōn
Dative	τῷ θρώνᾰκῐ tôi thrṓnăkĭ	τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnắkoin	τοῖς θρώνᾰξῐ / θρώνᾰξῐν toîs thrṓnăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν θρώνᾰκᾰ tòn thrṓnăkă	τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnăke	τοὺς θρώνᾰκᾰς toùs thrṓnăkăs
Vocative	θρῶνᾰξ thrônăx	θρώνᾰκε thrṓnăke	θρώνᾰκες thrṓnăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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