τρύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Without certain etymology. The traditional connection with τάργανον (tárganon, “spoiled wine, wine-vinegar”) is neither phonetically nor semantically convincing. The formal identity with τρυγάω (trugáō, “to gather fruits”) is remarkable, especially since both words refer to viniculture and wine production. Porzig pleads for Pre-Greek origin of all these words.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trýks/ → /tryks/ → /triks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trýks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tryks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tryks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tryks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triks/

Noun

τρῠ́ξ • (trúx) f (genitive τρῠγός); third declension

1. wine not yet fermented, must
2. lees of wine, dregs, sediments
3. dross, waste of metal
4. faecal matter in the stomach
5. (figuratively) old man or woman

Declension

Third declension of ἡ τρῠ́ξ; τῆς τρῠγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῠ́ξ hē trúx	τὼ τρῠ́γε tṑ trúge	αἱ τρῠ́γες hai trúges
Genitive	τῆς τρῠγός tês trugós	τοῖν τρῠγοῖν toîn trugoîn	τῶν τρῠγῶν tôn trugôn
Dative	τῇ τρῠγῐ́ têi trugí	τοῖν τρῠγοῖν toîn trugoîn	ταῖς τρῠξῐ́ / τρῠξῐ́ν taîs truxí(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρῠ́γᾰ tḕn trúga	τὼ τρῠ́γε tṑ trúge	τᾱ̀ς τρῠ́γᾰς tā̀s trúgas
Vocative	τρῠ́ξ trúx	τρῠ́γε trúge	τρῠ́γες trúges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρυγερός (trugerós)
• τρυγία (trugía)
• τρυγίας (trugías)
• τρυγίζω (trugízō)
• τρυγικός (trugikós)
• τρύγινον (trúginon)
• τρύγινος (trúginos)
• τρύγιος (trúgios)
• τρυγοδαίμων (trugodaímōn)
• τρυγοδίφησις (trugodíphēsis)
• τρύγοιπος (trúgoipos)
• τρυγοσώματος (trugosṓmatos)
• τρυγώδης (trugṓdēs)
• τρυγῳδός (trugōidós)
• ὑπότρυγος (hupótrugos)

 

Further reading

• “τρύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τρύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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