πύλιγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clearly related to πυλεών (puleṓn, “wreath”); on this basis, a pre-form *πύλος (*púlos) has been assumed. This *πύλος (*púlos) is then connected with Sanskrit पुलक (pulaka, “erection or bristling of the hairs of the body”), पुलस्ति (pulasti, “wearing the hair straight”) and पुल (pula, “horripilation”). From Iranian, Kurdish is adduced, and from Celtic Irish ulcha (“beard”). However, Mayrhofer doubts this connections; in fact the suffix -ιγγ- may rather point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pý.liŋks/ → /ˈpy.liŋks/ → /ˈpi.liŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.liŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.liŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.liŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.liŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.liŋks/

Noun

πῠ́λῐγξ • (púlinx) f (genitive πῠ́λῐγγος); third declension

1. (in the plural) hair about the posteriors; curls

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πῠ́λῐγξ; τῆς πῠ́λῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῠ́λῐγξ hē púlinx	τὼ πῠ́λῐγγε tṑ púlinge	αἱ πῠ́λῐγγες hai púlinges
Genitive	τῆς πῠ́λῐγγος tês púlingos	τοῖν πῠλῐ́γγοιν toîn pulíngoin	τῶν πῠλῐ́γγων tôn pulíngōn
Dative	τῇ πῠ́λῐγγῐ têi púlingi	τοῖν πῠλῐ́γγοιν toîn pulíngoin	ταῖς πῠ́λῐγξῐ / πῠ́λῐγξῐν taîs púlinxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πῠ́λῐγγᾰ tḕn púlinga	τὼ πῠ́λῐγγε tṑ púlinge	τᾱ̀ς πῠ́λῐγγᾰς tā̀s púlingas
Vocative	πῠ́λῐγξ púlinx	πῠ́λῐγγε púlinge	πῠ́λῐγγες púlinges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πύλιγξ”, 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: π