στρόφιγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn, rotate”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stró.pʰiŋks/ → /ˈstro.ɸiŋks/ → /ˈstro.fiŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stró.pʰiŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.pʰiŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.ɸiŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.fiŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstro.fiŋks/

Noun

στρόφῐγξ • (stróphinx) m (genitive στρόφῐγγος); third declension

1. pivot, axle or pin on which a body turns

   Synonyms: γίγγλυμος (gínglumos), θαιρός (thairós), κνώδαξ (knṓdax)

2. (in the plural) pivots working in sockets, at top and bottom of a door

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ στρόφῐγξ; τοῦ στρόφῐγγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στρόφῐγξ ho stróphinx	τὼ στρόφῐγγε tṑ stróphinge	οἱ στρόφῐγγες hoi stróphinges
Genitive	τοῦ στρόφῐγγος toû stróphingos	τοῖν στροφῐ́γγοιν toîn strophíngoin	τῶν στροφῐ́γγων tôn strophíngōn
Dative	τῷ στρόφῐγγῐ tôi stróphingi	τοῖν στροφῐ́γγοιν toîn strophíngoin	τοῖς στρόφῐγξῐ / στρόφῐγξῐν toîs stróphinxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν στρόφῐγγᾰ tòn stróphinga	τὼ στρόφῐγγε tṑ stróphinge	τοὺς στρόφῐγγᾰς toùs stróphingas
Vocative	στρόφῐγξ stróphinx	στρόφῐγγε stróphinge	στρόφῐγγες stróphinges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: στρόφιγγα (strófinga)

Further reading

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