θρῶναξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone; to murmur”), like English drone and Latin drensō (“to cry (of swans)”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin, comparing the word with ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”), ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē, “bee, wasp”) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrɔ̂ː.naks/ → /ˈθro.naks/ → /ˈθro.naks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrɔ̂ː.naks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰro.naks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθro.naks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθro.naks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθro.naks/

Noun

θρῶνᾰξ • (thrônax) m (genitive θρώνᾰκος); third declension

1. (in Laconia) drone

   Synonym: κηφήν (kēphḗn)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ θρῶνᾰξ; τοῦ θρώνᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρῶνᾰξ ho thrônax	τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnake	οἱ θρώνᾰκες hoi thrṓnakes
Genitive	τοῦ θρώνᾰκος toû thrṓnakos	τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnákoin	τῶν θρωνᾰ́κων tôn thrōnákōn
Dative	τῷ θρώνᾰκῐ tôi thrṓnaki	τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnákoin	τοῖς θρώνᾰξῐ / θρώνᾰξῐν toîs thrṓnaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν θρώνᾰκᾰ tòn thrṓnaka	τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnake	τοὺς θρώνᾰκᾰς toùs thrṓnakas
Vocative	θρῶνᾰξ thrônax	θρώνᾰκε thrṓnake	θρώνᾰκες thrṓnakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θρῶναξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: θ