θῶμιγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation in "-ιγγ-" leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔ̂ː.miŋks/ → /ˈθo.miŋks/ → /ˈθo.miŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɔ̂ː.miŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰo.miŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.miŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.miŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.miŋks/

Noun

θῶμῐγξ • (thôminx) f (genitive θώμῐγγος); third declension

1. cord, string
2. bowstring
3. fishing line

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ θῶμῐγξ; τῆς θώμῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θῶμῐγξ hē thôminx	τὼ θώμῐγγε tṑ thṓminge	αἱ θώμῐγγες hai thṓminges
Genitive	τῆς θώμῐγγος tês thṓmingos	τοῖν θωμῐ́γγοιν toîn thōmíngoin	τῶν θωμῐ́γγων tôn thōmíngōn
Dative	τῇ θώμῐγγῐ têi thṓmingi	τοῖν θωμῐ́γγοιν toîn thōmíngoin	ταῖς θώμῐγξῐ / θώμῐγξῐν taîs thṓminxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν θώμῐγγᾰ tḕn thṓminga	τὼ θώμῐγγε tṑ thṓminge	τᾱ̀ς θώμῐγγᾰς tā̀s thṓmingas
Vocative	θῶμῐγξ thôminx	θώμῐγγε thṓminge	θώμῐγγες thṓminges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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