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 kallítrĭkhe	οἱ, αἱ καλλίτρῐχες hoi, hai kallítrĭkhes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς καλλίτρῐχος toû, tês kallítrĭkhos	τοῖν καλλιτρῐ́χοιν toîn kallitrĭ́khoin	τῶν καλλιτρῐ́χων tôn kallitrĭ́khōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ καλλίτρῐχῐ tôi, têi kallítrĭkhĭ	τοῖν καλλιτρῐ́χοιν toîn kallitrĭ́khoin	τοῖς, ταῖς καλλίθρῐξῐ / καλλίθρῐξῐν toîs, taîs kallíthrĭxĭ / kallíthrĭxĭn
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν καλλίτρῐχᾰ tòn, tḕn kallítrĭkhă	τὼ καλλίτρῐχε tṑ kallítrĭkhe	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς καλλίτρῐχᾰς toùs, tā̀s kallítrĭkhăs
Vocative	καλλίθριξ kallíthrix	καλλίτρῐχε kallítrĭkhe	καλλίτρῐχες kallítrĭkhes
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 kallítrĭkhe	αἱ καλλίτρῐχες hai kallítrĭkhes
Genitive	τῆς καλλίτρῐχος tês kallítrĭkhos	τοῖν καλλιτρῐ́χοιν toîn kallitrĭ́khoin	τῶν καλλιτρῐ́χων tôn kallitrĭ́khōn
Dative	τῇ καλλίτρῐχῐ têi kallítrĭkhĭ	τοῖν καλλιτρῐ́χοιν toîn kallitrĭ́khoin	ταῖς καλλίθρῐξῐ / καλλίθρῐξῐν taîs kallíthrĭxĭ / kallíthrĭxĭn
Accusative	τὴν καλλίτρῐχᾰ tḕn kallítrĭkhă	τὼ καλλίτρῐχε tṑ kallítrĭkhe	τᾱ̀ς καλλίτρῐχᾰς tā̀s kallítrĭkhăs
Vocative	καλλίθριξ kallíthrix	καλλίτρῐχε kallítrĭkhe	καλλίτρῐχες kallítrĭkhes
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