ῥέγκος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῥέγχος (rhénkhos), ῥόγχος (rhónkhos), ῥοχμός (rhokhmós), ῥογμός (rhogmós), ῥωχμός (rhōkhmós), ῥωγμός (rhōgmós)

Etymology

From ῥέγκω (rhénkō, “to snore; to wheeze from the lung”) +‎ -ος (-os, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥éŋ.kos/ → /ˈreŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈreŋ.ɡos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥éŋ.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈreŋ.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈreŋ.ɡos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈreŋ.ɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈreŋ.ɡos/

Noun

ῥέγκος • (rhénkos) n (genitive ῥέγκεος); third declension

1. Snoring, stertorous breathing.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῥέγκος; τοῦ ῥέγκεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥέγκος tò rhénkos	τὼ ῥέγκεε tṑ rhénkee	τᾰ̀ ῥέγκεᾰ tà rhénkea
Genitive	τοῦ ῥέγκεος toû rhénkeos	τοῖν ῥεγκέοιν toîn rhenkéoin	τῶν ῥεγκέων tôn rhenkéōn
Dative	τῷ ῥέγκεῐ̈ tôi rhénkeï	τοῖν ῥεγκέοιν toîn rhenkéoin	τοῖς ῥέγκεσῐ / ῥέγκεσῐν toîs rhénkesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥέγκος tò rhénkos	τὼ ῥέγκεε tṑ rhénkee	τᾰ̀ ῥέγκεᾰ tà rhénkea
Vocative	ῥέγκος rhénkos	ῥέγκεε rhénkee	ῥέγκεᾰ rhénkea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ῥέγκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press