φρίκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φρίξ (phríx)

Etymology

Extension of φρίξ (phríx, “ruffling, bristling, shivering”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰrǐː.kɛː/ → /ˈɸri.ci/ → /ˈfri.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰrǐː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰri.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸri.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ci/

Noun

φρῑ́κη • (phrī́kē) f (genitive φρῑ́κης); first declension

1. shuddering, shivering
2. shivering fear
3. ruffling
4. frost

Declension

First declension of ἡ φρίκη; τῆς φρίκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φρίκη hē phríkē	τὼ φρίκᾱ tṑ phríkā	αἱ φρίκαι hai phríkai
Genitive	τῆς φρίκης tês phríkēs	τοῖν φρίκαιν toîn phríkain	τῶν φρικῶν tôn phrikôn
Dative	τῇ φρίκῃ têi phríkēi	τοῖν φρίκαιν toîn phríkain	ταῖς φρίκαις taîs phríkais
Accusative	τὴν φρίκην tḕn phríkēn	τὼ φρίκᾱ tṑ phríkā	τᾱ̀ς φρίκᾱς tā̀s phríkās
Vocative	φρίκη phríkē	φρίκᾱ phríkā	φρίκαι phríkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: φρίκη (fríki)
• → Proto-Albanian: *frikā
  • Albanian: frikë, frîgë, firkë (“fear”)
• → Romanian: frică

References

• “φρίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φρίκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φρίκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette