ῥαθάμιγξ

Ancient Greek[edit]

According to Beekes, the word is from Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix, found also in λᾶϊγξ (lâïnx), πύλιγξ (púlinx) and στροφάλιγξ (strophálinx).

ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξ • (rhatháminx) f (genitive ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγος); third declension

drop (of liquids)
Synonyms: πέμφιξ (pémphix), ῥανίς (rhanís), σταγών (stagṓn), στράγξ (stránx), ψακάς (psakás), ψιάς (psiás)
grain, bit (of solids)
spot, speckle

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξ hē rhatháminx	τὼ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγε tṑ rhatháminge	αἱ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγες hai rhatháminges
Genitive	τῆς ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγος tês rhathámingos	τοῖν ῥᾰθᾰμῐ́γγοιν toîn rhathamíngoin	τῶν ῥᾰθᾰμῐ́γγων tôn rhathamíngōn
Dative	τῇ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγῐ têi rhathámingi	τοῖν ῥᾰθᾰμῐ́γγοιν toîn rhathamíngoin	ταῖς ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξῐ / ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξῐν taîs rhatháminxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγᾰ tḕn rhatháminga	τὼ ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγε tṑ rhatháminge	τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγᾰς tā̀s rhathámingas
Vocative	ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγξ rhatháminx	ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγε rhatháminge	ῥᾰθᾰ́μῐγγες rhatháminges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“ῥαθάμιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ῥαθάμιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ῥαθάμιγξ 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