ἀμάρυγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek source of ἀμαρύσσω (amarússō, “to sparkle, twinkle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.má.ryŋks/ → /aˈma.ryŋks/ → /aˈma.riŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.má.ryŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ryŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ryŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ryŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.riŋks/

Noun

ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξ • (amắrŭnx) m (genitive ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγος); third declension

1. sparkle, twinkle, glance

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξ; τοῦ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξ ho amắrŭnx	τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγε tṑ amắrŭnge	οἱ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγες hoi amắrŭnges
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγος toû amắrŭngos	τοῖν ἀμᾰρῠ́γγοιν toîn amărŭ́ngoin	τῶν ἀμᾰρῠ́γγων tôn amărŭ́ngōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγῐ tôi amắrŭngĭ	τοῖν ἀμᾰρῠ́γγοιν toîn amărŭ́ngoin	τοῖς ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξῐ / ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξῐν toîs amắrŭnxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγᾰ tòn amắrŭngă	τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγε tṑ amắrŭnge	τοὺς ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγᾰς toùs amắrŭngăs
Vocative	ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξ amắrŭnx	ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγε amắrŭnge	ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγες amắrŭnges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμάρυγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμάρυγξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• 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