ἄνθραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare Old Armenian անթայր (antʿayr).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ántʰrakʰs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ántʰrakʰs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ánθraxs/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /á̃θraks/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /áθɾaks/

Noun

ἄνθραξ (genitive ἄνθρακος) m, third declension; (anthraks)

1. charcoal
2. a deep red precious stone, a carbuncle
3. an abscess, a boil, a carbuncle

Inflection

Third declension of ἄνθραξ, ἄνθρᾰκος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄνθραξ	τὼ ἄνθρᾰκε	οἱ ἄνθρᾰκες
Genitive	τοῦ ἄνθρᾰκος	τοῖν ἀνθράκοιν	τῶν ἀνθράκων
Dative	τῷ ἄνθρᾰκῐ	τοῖν ἀνθράκοιν	τοῖς ἄνθραξῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸν ἄνθρᾰκᾰ	τὼ ἄνθρᾰκε	τοὺς ἄνθρᾰκᾰς
Vocative	ἄνθραξ	ἄνθρᾰκε	ἄνθρᾰκες

Derived terms

• ἀνθρακιά

Descendants

• English: anthrax, anthr-
• Russian: антрацит (antracít)

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G440