ῥῆνιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From unattested *ῥήν (*rhḗn, “lamb”), alternative form of ἀρήν (arḗn, “lamb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɛ̂ː.niks/ → /ˈri.niks/ → /ˈri.niks/

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

Noun

ῥῆνῐξ • (rhênĭx) f (genitive ῥήνῐκος); third declension

1. sheepskin coat

   Synonym: ἀρνακίς (arnakís)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῥῆνῐξ; τῆς ῥήνῐκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥῆνῐξ hē rhênĭx	τὼ ῥήνῐκε tṑ rhḗnĭke	αἱ ῥήνῐκες hai rhḗnĭkes
Genitive	τῆς ῥήνῐκος tês rhḗnĭkos	τοῖν ῥηνῐ́κοιν toîn rhēnĭ́koin	τῶν ῥηνῐ́κων tôn rhēnĭ́kōn
Dative	τῇ ῥήνῐκῐ têi rhḗnĭkĭ	τοῖν ῥηνῐ́κοιν toîn rhēnĭ́koin	ταῖς ῥήνῐξῐ / ῥήνῐξῐν taîs rhḗnĭxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥήνῐκᾰ tḕn rhḗnĭkă	τὼ ῥήνῐκε tṑ rhḗnĭke	τᾱ̀ς ῥήνῐκᾰς tā̀s rhḗnĭkăs
Vocative	ῥῆνῐξ rhênĭx	ῥήνῐκε rhḗnĭke	ῥήνῐκες rhḗnĭkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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