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 • (amárunx) 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 amárunx	τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγε tṑ amárunge	οἱ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγες hoi amárunges
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγος toû amárungos	τοῖν ἀμᾰρῠ́γγοιν toîn amarúngoin	τῶν ἀμᾰρῠ́γγων tôn amarúngōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγῐ tôi amárungi	τοῖν ἀμᾰρῠ́γγοιν toîn amarúngoin	τοῖς ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξῐ / ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξῐν toîs amárunxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγᾰ tòn amárunga	τὼ ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγε tṑ amárunge	τοὺς ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγᾰς toùs amárungas
Vocative	ἀμᾰ́ρῠγξ amárunx	ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγε amárunge	ἀμᾰ́ρῠγγες amárunges
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 (2006–2024)
• 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