Θρᾷξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Θρήῐ̈ξ (Thrḗĭ̈x) — Epic, Ionic
• Θρῇξ (Thrēîx) — Epic, Ionic, Tragic

Etymology

From the base of θρᾱ́σσω (thrā́ssō), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂gʰ- (“to confuse; to agitate; to disturb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrâːi̯ks/ → /ˈθraks/ → /ˈθraks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrâːi̯ks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰraks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθraks/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈθraks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθraks/

Proper noun

Θρᾷξ • (Thrāîx) m (genitive Θρᾳκός); third declension (Attic, Koine)

1. Thrax

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Θρᾷξ; τοῦ Θρᾳκός (Attic)

	singular
nominative	ὁ Θρᾷξho Thrāîx
genitive	τοῦ Θρᾳκόςtoû Thrāikós
dative	τῷ Θρᾳκῐ́tōî Thrāikĭ́
accusative	τὸν Θρᾷκᾰtòn Thrāîkă
vocative	ΘρᾷξThrāîx

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Θρᾷξ • (Thrāîx) m (genitive Θρᾳκός, feminine Θρᾷσσᾰ or Θρᾷττᾰ); third declension (Attic, Koine)

1. a (male) Thracian (inhabitant of Thrace)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Θρᾷξ; τοῦ Θρᾳκός (Attic)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ὁ Θρᾷξho Thrāîx	τὼ Θρᾷκεtṑ Thrāîke	οἱ Θρᾷκεςhoi Thrāîkes
genitive	τοῦ Θρᾳκόςtoû Thrāikós	τοῖν Θρᾳκοῖνtoîn Thrāikoîn	τῶν Θρᾳκῶνtôn Thrāikôn
dative	τῷ Θρᾳκῐ́tōî Thrāikĭ́	τοῖν Θρᾳκοῖνtoîn Thrāikoîn	τοῖς Θρᾳξῐ́ / Θρᾳξῐ́νtoîs Thrāixĭ́(n)
accusative	τὸν Θρᾷκᾰtòn Thrāîkă	τὼ Θρᾷκεtṑ Thrāîke	τοὺς Θρᾷκᾰςtoùs Thrāîkăs
vocative	ΘρᾷξThrāîx	ΘρᾷκεThrāîke	ΘρᾷκεςThrāîkes

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Θρᾴκη (Thrāíkē)
• Θρᾴκῐος (Thrāíkĭos)
• Θρᾳσκῐ́ᾱς (Thrāiskĭ́ās)
• Θρᾷσσᾰ (Thrāîssă)
• Σᾰμοθρᾴκη (Sămothrāíkē)
• Σᾰμόθρᾳξ (Sămóthrāix)

Descendants

• Greek: Θραξ (Thrax), Θράκας (Thrákas)
• Latin: Thrāx, thraex

References

• “Θρᾷξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Θρᾷξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
• Sievers' Law and the History of Semivowel Syllabicity in Indo-European and Ancient Greek