φρίξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain, connected with φρίσσω (phríssō, to be rough; to shiver). Compare also φρίκες (phríkes) or φόρκες (phórkes, pales), and βρίκελοι (bríkeloi, the beams of a standing loom). Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (to raise); compare Proto-Celtic *brixs (hill).[1] Possibly from Pre-Greek.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φρῑ́ξ • (phrī́x) f (genitive φρῑκός); third declension

  1. ruffling
  2. bristling
  3. shivering

Declension

See also

  • φρίσσω - According to Beekes, comes from the same root of φρίξ.

References

  1. Frisk, Hjalmar (1970) “φρίξ”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 1043
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φρίξ, -ῑκός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1592
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