στράγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to στρίγξ (strínx) and λύγξ (lúnx). Cognates are often assumed in Latin stringō (“to tie together”), Latvian stringt (“to become stiff”) and Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”). However, according to Beekes, it is not improbable that the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stráŋks/ → /straŋks/ → /straŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stráŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /straŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /straŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /straŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /straŋks/

Noun

στράγξ • (stránx) f (genitive στραγγός); third declension

1. trickle, drop

   Synonyms: πέμφιξ (pémphix), ῥαθάμιγξ (rhatháminx), ῥανίς (rhanís), σταγών (stagṓn), ψακάς (psakás), ψιάς (psiás)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στράγξ; τῆς στραγγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στράγξ hē stránx	τὼ στράγγε tṑ stránge	αἱ στράγγες hai stránges
Genitive	τῆς στραγγός tês strangós	τοῖν στραγγοῖν toîn strangoîn	τῶν στραγγῶν tôn strangôn
Dative	τῇ στραγγῐ́ têi strangí	τοῖν στραγγοῖν toîn strangoîn	ταῖς στραγξῐ́ / στραγξῐ́ν taîs stranxí(n)
Accusative	τὴν στρᾶγγᾰ tḕn strânga	τὼ στράγγε tṑ stránge	τᾱ̀ς στράγγᾰς tā̀s strángas
Vocative	στράγξ stránx	στράγγε stránge	στράγγες stránges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στραγγεῖον (strangeîon)
• στραγγίζω (strangízō)
• στραγγίς (strangís)
• στραγγουρία (strangouría)

 

Further reading

• “στράγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στράγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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