ἶλιγξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

εἴλιγξ (eílinx), ἴλιξ (ílix)

Etymology

Formation like θῶμιγξ (thôminx) and ὄστλιγξ (óstlinx). The word is either directly from είλέω (eíléō, “to turn, wind”) or via an unknown noun. On account of the suffix, one could separate the word from εἰλέω (eiléō) as Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /îː.liŋks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liŋks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.liŋks/

Noun

ἶλῐγξ • (îlinx) f (genitive ἴ̄λῐγγος); third declension

whirlpool, eddy
Synonyms: βέμβιξ (bémbix), δῑ́νη (dī́nē), στροφάλιγξ (strophálinx)
dizziness, vertigo
(in the plural) wreaths of smoke

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἶλῐγξ; τῆς ἰ̄λῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἶλῐγξ hē îlinx	τὼ ἰ̄λῐγγε tṑ īlinge	αἱ ἰ̄λῐγγες hai īlinges
Genitive	τῆς ἰ̄λῐγγος tês īlingos	τοῖν ἰ̄λῐ́γγοιν toîn īlíngoin	τῶν ἰ̄λῐ́γγων tôn īlíngōn
Dative	τῇ ἰ̄λῐγγῐ têi īlingi	τοῖν ἰ̄λῐ́γγοιν toîn īlíngoin	ταῖς ἰ̄λῐγξῐ / ἰ̄λῐγξῐν taîs īlinxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἰ̄λῐγγᾰ tḕn īlinga	τὼ ἰ̄λῐγγε tṑ īlinge	τᾱ̀ς ἰ̄λῐγγᾰς tā̀s īlingas
Vocative	ἶλῐγξ îlinx	ἰ̄λῐγγε īlinge	ἰ̄λῐγγες īlinges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἰλιγγιάω (ilingiáō)
ἰλιγγιώδης (ilingiṓdēs)
ἴλιγγος (ílingos)

Descendants

→ English: ilinx

References

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