ἄνθραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from a Mediterranean substrate; compare Old Armenian անթայր (antʿayr), անթեղ (antʿeł).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἄνθραξ • (ánthrax) m (genitive ἄνθρακος); third declension

  1. charcoal
  2. a deep red precious stone, a carbuncle
  3. an abscess, a boil, a carbuncle

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ἄνθρᾰξ; τοῦ ἄνθρᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἄνθρᾰξ
ho ánthrax		 τὼ ἄνθρᾰκε
tṑ ánthrake		 οἱ ἄνθρᾰκες
hoi ánthrakes
Genitive τοῦ ἄνθρᾰκος
toû ánthrakos		 τοῖν ἀνθρᾰ́κοιν
toîn anthrákoin		 τῶν ἀνθρᾰ́κων
tôn anthrákōn
Dative τῷ ἄνθρᾰκῐ
tôi ánthraki		 τοῖν ἀνθρᾰ́κοιν
toîn anthrákoin		 τοῖς ἄνθρᾰξῐ / ἄνθρᾰξῐν
toîs ánthraxi(n)
Accusative τὸν ἄνθρᾰκᾰ
tòn ánthraka		 τὼ ἄνθρᾰκε
tṑ ánthrake		 τοὺς ἄνθρᾰκᾰς
toùs ánthrakas
Vocative ἄνθρᾰξ
ánthrax		 ἄνθρᾰκε
ánthrake		 ἄνθρᾰκες
ánthrakes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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