καλλίθριξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) +‎ θρίξ (thríx, “hair”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.lí.tʰriks/ → /kalˈli.θriks/ → /kaˈli.θriks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.lí.tʰriks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.tʰriks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.θriks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.θriks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.θriks/

Adjective

καλλίθριξ • (kallíthrix) m or f (neuter καλλίτριχος); third declension

1. having beautiful manes (of horses)
2. having beautiful fleeces (of sheep)
3. having beautiful hair (of humans)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ καλλίθριξ; τοῦ, τῆς καλλίτρῐχος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ καλλίθριξ ho, hē kallíthrix	τὼ καλλίτρῐχε tṑ kallítrikhe	οἱ, αἱ καλλίτρῐχες hoi, hai kallítrikhes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς καλλίτρῐχος toû, tês kallítrikhos	τοῖν καλλιτρῐ́χοιν toîn kallitríkhoin	τῶν καλλιτρῐ́χων tôn kallitríkhōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ καλλίτρῐχῐ tôi, têi kallítrikhi	τοῖν καλλιτρῐ́χοιν toîn kallitríkhoin	τοῖς, ταῖς καλλίθρῐξῐ / καλλίθρῐξῐν toîs, taîs kallíthrixi / kallíthrixin
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν καλλίτρῐχᾰ tòn, tḕn kallítrikha	τὼ καλλίτρῐχε tṑ kallítrikhe	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς καλλίτρῐχᾰς toùs, tā̀s kallítrikhas
Vocative	καλλίθριξ kallíthrix	καλλίτρῐχε kallítrikhe	καλλίτρῐχες kallítrikhes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

καλλίθριξ • (kallíthrix) f (genitive καλλίτρῐχος); third declension

1. waterwort

Declension

Third declension of ἡ καλλίθριξ; τῆς καλλίτρῐχος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ καλλίθριξ hē kallíthrix	τὼ καλλίτρῐχε tṑ kallítrikhe	αἱ καλλίτρῐχες hai kallítrikhes
Genitive	τῆς καλλίτρῐχος tês kallítrikhos	τοῖν καλλιτρῐ́χοιν toîn kallitríkhoin	τῶν καλλιτρῐ́χων tôn kallitríkhōn
Dative	τῇ καλλίτρῐχῐ têi kallítrikhi	τοῖν καλλιτρῐ́χοιν toîn kallitríkhoin	ταῖς καλλίθρῐξῐ / καλλίθρῐξῐν taîs kallíthrixi / kallíthrixin
Accusative	τὴν καλλίτρῐχᾰ tḕn kallítrikha	τὼ καλλίτρῐχε tṑ kallítrikhe	τᾱ̀ς καλλίτρῐχᾰς tā̀s kallítrikhas
Vocative	καλλίθριξ kallíthrix	καλλίτρῐχε kallítrikhe	καλλίτρῐχες kallítrikhes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: callithrix
  • → Translingual: Callithrix, Callitriche

Further reading

• “καλλίθριξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• καλλίθριξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καλλίθριξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “καλλίθριξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press