ῥωγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥώξ (rhṓx, “breach”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɔː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /roˈʝi/ → /roˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɔː.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roˈʝi/

Noun

ῥωγή • (rhōgḗ) f (genitive ῥωγῆς); first declension

1. crack, fissure, cleft

   Synonym: ῥῆξῐς (rhêxis)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῥωγή; τῆς ῥωγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥωγή hē rhōgḗ	τὼ ῥωγᾱ́ tṑ rhōgā́	αἱ ῥωγαί hai rhōgaí
Genitive	τῆς ῥωγῆς tês rhōgês	τοῖν ῥωγαῖν toîn rhōgaîn	τῶν ῥωγῶν tôn rhōgôn
Dative	τῇ ῥωγῇ têi rhōgêi	τοῖν ῥωγαῖν toîn rhōgaîn	ταῖς ῥωγαῖς taîs rhōgaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῥωγήν tḕn rhōgḗn	τὼ ῥωγᾱ́ tṑ rhōgā́	τᾱ̀ς ῥωγᾱ́ς tā̀s rhōgā́s
Vocative	ῥωγή rhōgḗ	ῥωγᾱ́ rhōgā́	ῥωγαί rhōgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ῥωγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ῥωγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette