ῥύαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the verb ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, stream”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ý.aks/ → /ˈry.aks/ → /ˈri.aks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ý.aks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈry.aks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈry.aks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈry.aks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈri.aks/

Noun

ῥῠ́ᾰξ • (rhŭ́ăx) m (genitive ῥῠ́ᾱκος); third declension

1. rushing stream, mountain torrent
2. stream of lava from a volcano

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῥῠ́ᾰξ; τοῦ ῥῠ́ᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥῠ́ᾰξ ho rhŭ́ăx	τὼ ῥῠ́ᾱκε tṑ rhŭ́āke	οἱ ῥῠ́ᾱκες hoi rhŭ́ākes
Genitive	τοῦ ῥῠ́ᾱκος toû rhŭ́ākos	τοῖν ῥῠᾱ́κοιν toîn rhŭā́koin	τῶν ῥῠᾱ́κων tôn rhŭā́kōn
Dative	τῷ ῥῠ́ᾱκῐ tôi rhŭ́ākĭ	τοῖν ῥῠᾱ́κοιν toîn rhŭā́koin	τοῖς ῥῠ́ᾱξῐ / ῥῠ́ᾱξῐν toîs rhŭ́āxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῥῠ́ᾱκᾰ tòn rhŭ́ākă	τὼ ῥῠ́ᾱκε tṑ rhŭ́āke	τοὺς ῥῠ́ᾱκᾰς toùs rhŭ́ākăs
Vocative	ῥῠ́ᾰξ rhŭ́ăx	ῥῠ́ᾱκε rhŭ́āke	ῥῠ́ᾱκες rhŭ́ākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ρυάκι (ryáki)
• → Latin: rhyax

Further reading

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