μῆριγξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σμῆριγξ (smêrinx)
Etymology
The suffix "-ιγγ-", the prothetic "σ-" and the lack of possible cognates, apart from μήρινθος (mḗrinthos, “fishing line”), lead to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛ̂ː.riŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme̝.riŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.riŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmi.riŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmi.riŋks/
Noun
μῆρῐγξ • (mêrinx) f (genitive μήρῐγγος); third declension
- bristle
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: thorn which grows in the fleece of cattle.
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μῆρῐγξ hē mêrinx |
τὼ μήρῐγγε tṑ mḗringe |
αἱ μήρῐγγες hai mḗringes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μήρῐγγος tês mḗringos |
τοῖν μηρῐ́γγοιν toîn mēríngoin |
τῶν μηρῐ́γγων tôn mēríngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μήρῐγγῐ têi mḗringi |
τοῖν μηρῐ́γγοιν toîn mēríngoin |
ταῖς μήρῐγξῐ / μήρῐγξῐν taîs mḗrinxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μήρῐγγᾰ tḕn mḗringa |
τὼ μήρῐγγε tṑ mḗringe |
τᾱ̀ς μήρῐγγᾰς tā̀s mḗringas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μῆρῐγξ mêrinx |
μήρῐγγε mḗringe |
μήρῐγγες mḗringes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μῆριγξ”, 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: μ
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