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 • (rhênix) 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 rhênix	τὼ ῥήνῐκε tṑ rhḗnike	αἱ ῥήνῐκες hai rhḗnikes
Genitive	τῆς ῥήνῐκος tês rhḗnikos	τοῖν ῥηνῐ́κοιν toîn rhēníkoin	τῶν ῥηνῐ́κων tôn rhēníkōn
Dative	τῇ ῥήνῐκῐ têi rhḗniki	τοῖν ῥηνῐ́κοιν toîn rhēníkoin	ταῖς ῥήνῐξῐ / ῥήνῐξῐν taîs rhḗnixi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥήνῐκᾰ tḕn rhḗnika	τὼ ῥήνῐκε tṑ rhḗnike	τᾱ̀ς ῥήνῐκᾰς tā̀s rhḗnikas
Vocative	ῥῆνῐξ rhênix	ῥήνῐκε rhḗnike	ῥήνῐκες rhḗnikes
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