ἐριαύχην

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρι- (eri-) +‎ αὐχήν (aukhḗn)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ri.ǎu̯.kʰɛːn/ → /e.riˈaɸ.çin/ → /e.riˈaf.çin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ri.ǎu̯.kʰɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.riˈaʍ.kʰe̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈaɸ.çin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈaf.çin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈaf.çin/

Adjective

ἐρῐαύχην • (erĭaúkhēn) m or f (neuter —); third declension

1. with high-arching neck (of horses)

Declension

Third declension of ἐρῐαύχην; ἐρῐαύχενος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐρῐαύχην erĭaúkhēn	ἐρῐαύχενε erĭaúkhene	ἐρῐαύχενες erĭaúkhenes
Genitive	ἐρῐαύχενος erĭaúkhenos	ἐρῐαυχένοιῐν erĭaukhénoiĭn	ἐρῐαυχένων erĭaukhénōn
Dative	ἐρῐαύχενῐ erĭaúkhenĭ	ἐρῐαυχένοιῐν erĭaukhénoiĭn	ἐρῐαύχεσῐ / ἐρῐαύχεσῐν / ἐρῐαυχένεσσῐ / ἐρῐαυχένεσσῐν / ἐρῐαυχένεσῐ / ἐρῐαυχένεσῐν erĭaúkhesĭ(n) / erĭaukhénessĭ(n) / erĭaukhénesĭ(n)
Accusative	ἐρῐαύχενᾰ erĭaúkhenă	ἐρῐαύχενε erĭaúkhene	ἐρῐαύχενᾰς erĭaúkhenăs
Vocative	ἐρῐαῦχεν erĭaûkhen	ἐρῐαύχενε erĭaúkhene	ἐρῐαύχενες erĭaúkhenes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Quotations

• 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 10.305:

  δώσω γὰρ δίφρον τε δύω τ’ ἐριαύχενας ἵππους,

  dṓsō gàr díphron te dúō t’ eriaúkhenas híppous,

  • Translation by Murray

    For I will give him a chariot and two horses with high arched necks

Further reading

• “ἐριαύχην”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐριαύχην in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐριαύχην in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐριαύχην in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἐριαύχην”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐριαύχην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐριαύχην”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter