στῆριγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ster (“strong, steady”), the same root of Old English starian (“to stare”), Proto-Germanic *staraz (“stiff”) and στερεός (stereós, “firm, solid”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stɛ̂ː.riŋks/ → /ˈsti.riŋks/ → /ˈsti.riŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stɛ̂ː.riŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈste̝.riŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.riŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.riŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.riŋks/

Noun

στῆρῐγξ • (stêrĭnx) m (genitive στήρῐγγος); third declension

1. support, prop, stay
2. fork with which the shaft or pole of a chariot was propped

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ στῆρῐγξ; τοῦ στήρῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στῆρῐγξ ho stêrĭnx	τὼ στήρῐγγε tṑ stḗrĭnge	οἱ στήρῐγγες hoi stḗrĭnges
Genitive	τοῦ στήρῐγγος toû stḗrĭngos	τοῖν στηρῐ́γγοιν toîn stērĭ́ngoin	τῶν στηρῐ́γγων tôn stērĭ́ngōn
Dative	τῷ στήρῐγγῐ tôi stḗrĭngĭ	τοῖν στηρῐ́γγοιν toîn stērĭ́ngoin	τοῖς στήρῐγξῐ / στήρῐγξῐν toîs stḗrĭnxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν στήρῐγγᾰ tòn stḗrĭngă	τὼ στήρῐγγε tṑ stḗrĭnge	τοὺς στήρῐγγᾰς toùs stḗrĭngăs
Vocative	στῆρῐγξ stêrĭnx	στήρῐγγε stḗrĭnge	στήρῐγγες stḗrĭnges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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