στόρθυγξ

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 5 October 2023

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stór.tʰyŋks/ → /ˈstor.θyŋks/ → /ˈstor.θiŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stór.tʰyŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstor.tʰyŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstor.θyŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstor.θyŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstor.θiŋks/

Noun

στόρθῠγξ • (stórthŭnx) m or f (genitive στόρθῠγγος); third declension

1. point, spike
2. tine, tusk

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ στόρθῠγξ; τοῦ στόρθῠγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στόρθῠγξ ho stórthŭnx	τὼ στόρθῠγγε tṑ stórthŭnge	οἱ στόρθῠγγες hoi stórthŭnges
Genitive	τοῦ στόρθῠγγος toû stórthŭngos	τοῖν στορθῠ́γγοιν toîn storthŭ́ngoin	τῶν στορθῠ́γγων tôn storthŭ́ngōn
Dative	τῷ στόρθῠγγῐ tôi stórthŭngĭ	τοῖν στορθῠ́γγοιν toîn storthŭ́ngoin	τοῖς στόρθῠγξῐ / στόρθῠγξῐν toîs stórthŭnxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν στόρθῠγγᾰ tòn stórthŭngă	τὼ στόρθῠγγε tṑ stórthŭnge	τοὺς στόρθῠγγᾰς toùs stórthŭngăs
Vocative	στόρθῠγξ stórthŭnx	στόρθῠγγε stórthŭnge	στόρθῠγγες stórthŭnges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ στόρθῠγξ; τῆς στόρθῠγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στόρθῠγξ hē stórthŭnx	τὼ στόρθῠγγε tṑ stórthŭnge	αἱ στόρθῠγγες hai stórthŭnges
Genitive	τῆς στόρθῠγγος tês stórthŭngos	τοῖν στορθῠ́γγοιν toîn storthŭ́ngoin	τῶν στορθῠ́γγων tôn storthŭ́ngōn
Dative	τῇ στόρθῠγγῐ têi stórthŭngĭ	τοῖν στορθῠ́γγοιν toîn storthŭ́ngoin	ταῖς στόρθῠγξῐ / στόρθῠγξῐν taîs stórthŭnxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν στόρθῠγγᾰ tḕn stórthŭngă	τὼ στόρθῠγγε tṑ stórthŭnge	τᾱ̀ς στόρθῠγγᾰς tā̀s stórthŭngăs
Vocative	στόρθῠγξ stórthŭnx	στόρθῠγγε stórthŭnge	στόρθῠγγες stórthŭnges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “στόρθυγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στόρθυγξ 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
• “στόρθυγξ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011