ἄντυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Previously explained as ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + a root noun belonging to τεύχω (teúkhō, “to make, do”), but this is highly questionable. The word resembles ἄμπυξ (ámpux) and καταῖτυξ (kataîtux), both without etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /án.tyks/ → /ˈan.tyks/ → /ˈan.diks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /án.tyks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈan.tyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈan.diks/

Noun

ἄντῠξ • (ántux) f (genitive ἄντῠγος); third declension

1. rim of a round shield
2. rail around the chariot
3. the chariot itself
4. bridge of the lyre
5. outermost tier in a theatre
6. (astronomy) orbit of a planet
7. (architecture) basis of a cupola

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́ντῠξ; τῆς ᾰ̓́ντῠγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́ντῠξ hē ántux	τὼ ᾰ̓́ντῠγε tṑ ántuge	αἱ ᾰ̓́ντῠγες hai ántuges
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́ντῠγος tês ántugos	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῠ́γοιν toîn antúgoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ντῠ́γων tôn antúgōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́ντῠγῐ têi ántugi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῠ́γοιν toîn antúgoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́ντῠξῐ / ᾰ̓́ντῠξῐν taîs ántuxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́ντῠγᾰ tḕn ántuga	τὼ ᾰ̓́ντῠγε tṑ ántuge	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́ντῠγᾰς tā̀s ántugas
Vocative	ᾰ̓́ντῠξ ántux	ᾰ̓́ντῠγε ántuge	ᾰ̓́ντῠγες ántuges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄντυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄντυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄντυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄντυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄντυξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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