ῥύγχος

See also ρύγχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to Old Armenian ռունգն (ṙungn, “nose”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /r̥ýŋkʰos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /r̥ýŋkʰos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /rýŋxos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /rý̃xos/

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

Noun

ῥύγχος (genitive ῥύγχεος) n, third declension; (rhunkhos)

1. snout, the nose of an animal, muzzle
2. beak of a bird

Inflection

Third declension of ῥύγκος, ῥύγκεος (uncontracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥύγκος	ῥύγκεε	ῥύγκεᾰ
Genitive	ῥύγκεος	ῥύγκέοιν	ῥύγκέων
Dative	ῥύγκεϊ	ῥύγκέοιν	ῥύγκεσσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ῥύγκος	ῥύγκεε	ῥύγκεᾰ
Vocative	ῥύγκος	ῥύγκεε	ῥύγκεᾰ

This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. ῥύγκεσος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.

Third declension of ῥύγκος, ῥύγκους (contracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥύγκος	ῥύγκει	ῥύγκη
Genitive	ῥύγκους	ῥύγκοῖν	ῥύγκῶν
Dative	ῥύγκει	ῥύγκοῖν	ῥύγκεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ῥύγκος	ῥύγκει	ῥύγκη
Vocative	ῥύγκος	ῥύγκει	ῥύγκη

The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm.