νάρθηξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • νάθραξ (náthrax)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the presence of a variant and the ending in "-ξ" lead to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νᾰ́ρθηξ • (nárthēx) m (genitive νᾰ́ρθηκος); third declension

  1. giant fennel (Ferula communis)
  2. casket for unguents
  3. (architecture) vestibule in a church

Declension
Third declension of ὁ νᾰ́ρθηξ; τοῦ νᾰ́ρθηκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νᾰ́ρθηξ
ho nárthēx		 τὼ νᾰ́ρθηκε
tṑ nárthēke		 οἱ νᾰ́ρθηκες
hoi nárthēkes
Genitive τοῦ νᾰ́ρθηκος
toû nárthēkos		 τοῖν νᾰρθήκοιν
toîn narthḗkoin		 τῶν νᾰρθήκων
tôn narthḗkōn
Dative τῷ νᾰ́ρθηκῐ
tôi nárthēki		 τοῖν νᾰρθήκοιν
toîn narthḗkoin		 τοῖς νᾰ́ρθηξῐ / νᾰ́ρθηξῐν
toîs nárthēxi(n)
Accusative τὸν νᾰ́ρθηκᾰ
tòn nárthēka		 τὼ νᾰ́ρθηκε
tṑ nárthēke		 τοὺς νᾰ́ρθηκᾰς
toùs nárthēkas
Vocative νᾰ́ρθηξ
nárthēx		 νᾰ́ρθηκε
nárthēke		 νᾰ́ρθηκες
nárthēkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ναρθηκία (narthēkía)
  • ναρθηκιάω (narthēkiáō)
  • ναρθηκίζω (narthēkízō)
  • ναρθήκινος (narthḗkinos)
  • ναρθήκιον (narthḗkion)
  • ναρθήκισμα (narthḗkisma)
  • ναρθηκισμός (narthēkismós)
  • ναρθηκοειδής (narthēkoeidḗs)
  • ναρθηκοπλήρωτος (narthēkoplḗrōtos)
  • ναρθηκοφανής (narthēkophanḗs)
  • ναρθηκοφόρος (narthēkophóros)
  • ναρθηκώδης (narthēkṓdēs)

Descendants
  • Greek: νάρθηκας (nárthikas)
  • → Aramaic:
    Jewish Literary Aramaic: נַרְתֵּקָא (nartēqā), נַרְתֵּיקָא (nartēqā)
    Classical Syriac: ܢܰܪܬܺܝܟܣ (nartiks), ܢܰܪܬܺܟܣ (nartiks), ܢܰܐܪܬܺܝܟܣ (nartiks), ܢܰܐܪܬܺܝܟܘܣ (nartikos)
  • → Late Babylonian: 𒈾𒀾𒌇 (na-áš-tuq /⁠naštūq⁠/, “money pouch of leather”)
  • → English: narthex
  • → Hebrew: נַרְתִּיק (nartīq), נַרְתֵּיק (nartēq), נַרְתֵּק (nartēq)
  • → Italian: nartece
  • → Translingual: Narthex

Further reading
  • “νάρθηξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “νάρθηξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • νάρθηξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • 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
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