λάρναξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The suffix is seen in other instument names like πίναξ (pínax), κάμαξ (kámax), δίφραξ (díphrax). This suffix is typical of Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lár.naks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlar.naks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlar.naks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlar.naks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlar.naks/
Noun
λάρναξ • (lárnax) f (genitive λάρνακος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λᾰ́ρνᾰξ hē lárnax |
τὼ λᾰ́ρνᾰκε tṑ lárnake |
αἱ λᾰ́ρνᾰκες hai lárnakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λᾰ́ρνᾰκος tês lárnakos |
τοῖν λᾰρνᾰ́κοιν toîn larnákoin |
τῶν λᾰρνᾰ́κων tôn larnákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λᾰ́ρνᾰκῐ têi lárnaki |
τοῖν λᾰρνᾰ́κοιν toîn larnákoin |
ταῖς λᾰ́ρνᾰξῐ / λᾰ́ρνᾰξῐν taîs lárnaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λᾰ́ρνᾰκᾰ tḕn lárnaka |
τὼ λᾰ́ρνᾰκε tṑ lárnake |
τᾱ̀ς λᾰ́ρνᾰκᾰς tā̀s lárnakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰ́ρνᾰξ lárnax |
λᾰ́ρνᾰκε lárnake |
λᾰ́ρνᾰκες lárnakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λαρνάκιον (larnákion)
- λαρνακοφθόρος (larnakophthóros)
Descendants
Further reading
- λάρναξ 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
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