θρῆνυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • θρᾶνυξ (thrânux), θρῆνυξ (thrênux)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”) and θρόνος (thrónos, “throne”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

θρῆνῠς • (thrênus) m (genitive θρήνῠος); third declension

  1. footstool
    Synonyms: σφέλας (sphélas), ὑποπόδιον (hupopódion)

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ θρῆνῠς; τοῦ θρήνῠος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ θρῆνῠς
ho thrênus		 τὼ θρήνῠε
tṑ thrḗnue		 οἱ θρήνῠες
hoi thrḗnues
Genitive τοῦ θρήνῠος
toû thrḗnuos		 τοῖν θρηνῠ́οιν
toîn thrēnúoin		 τῶν θρηνῠ́ων
tôn thrēnúōn
Dative τῷ θρήνῠῐ̈ / θρήνυι
tôi thrḗnuï / thrḗnui		 τοῖν θρηνῠ́οιν
toîn thrēnúoin		 τοῖς θρήνῠσῐ / θρήνῠσῐν
toîs thrḗnusi(n)
Accusative τὸν θρῆνῠν
tòn thrênun		 τὼ θρήνῠε
tṑ thrḗnue		 τοὺς θρήνῡς / θρήνῠᾰς
toùs thrḗnūs / thrḗnuas
Vocative θρῆνῠ
thrênu		 θρήνῠε
thrḗnue		 θρήνῠες
thrḗnues
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • θρῆνυς ἑπταπόδης (thrênus heptapódēs)

References
  • “θρῆνυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “θρῆνυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “θρῆνυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • θρῆνυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • θρῆνυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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
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