narthex
See also: Narthex
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek νάρθηξ (nárthēx, “giant fennel; casket”), a Pre-Greek word, as suggested by the suffix. See also νάρδος (nárdos, “nard”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑɹθɛks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɑːθɛks/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]narthex (plural narthexes or narthices)
- (architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 637:
- we were in the antechamber, called the narthex, which runs across the front of any Byzantine church [...].
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 87:
- One of these was Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi, [...] who had now conceived ambitious plans for paintings to decorate the entire narthex, or entrance porch, of Avignon's ancient cathedral.
- 2012, Melissa F. Miller, chapter 42, in Irretrievably Broken (The Sasha McCandless Series), e-book edition, volume 1, Brown Street Books, →ISBN, page 11642:
- “Cinco,” Marco bellowed now, hurrying across the narthex to give him a hearty handshake, which Cinco returned without enthusiasm.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νᾰ́ρθηξ (nắrthēx).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnar.tʰeːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnar.teks]
Noun
[edit]narthēx m (genitive narthēcos or narthēcis); third declension
- giant fennel (Ferula communis)
- 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 13.123:
- Duo eius genera: nartheca Graeci vocant adsurgentem in altitudinem, nartheciam vero semper humilem.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Duo eius genera: nartheca Graeci vocant adsurgentem in altitudinem, nartheciam vero semper humilem.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | narthēx | narthēces narthēcēs |
| genitive | narthēcos narthēcis |
narthēcum |
| dative | narthēcī | narthēcibus |
| accusative | narthēca narthēcem |
narthēcas narthēcēs |
| ablative | narthēce | narthēcibus |
| vocative | narthēx | narthēces narthēcēs |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “narthex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “narthex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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