ῥῆνιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From unattested *ῥήν (*rhḗn, “lamb”), alternative form of ἀρήν (arḗn, “lamb”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥῆνῐξ • (rhênix) f (genitive ῥήνῐκος); third declension

  1. sheepskin coat
    Synonym: ἀρνακίς (arnakís)

Declension
Third declension of ἡ ῥῆνῐξ; τῆς ῥήνῐκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥῆνῐξ
hē rhênix		 τὼ ῥήνῐκε
tṑ rhḗnike		 αἱ ῥήνῐκες
hai rhḗnikes
Genitive τῆς ῥήνῐκος
tês rhḗnikos		 τοῖν ῥηνῐ́κοιν
toîn rhēníkoin		 τῶν ῥηνῐ́κων
tôn rhēníkōn
Dative τῇ ῥήνῐκῐ
têi rhḗniki		 τοῖν ῥηνῐ́κοιν
toîn rhēníkoin		 ταῖς ῥήνῐξῐ / ῥήνῐξῐν
taîs rhḗnixi(n)
Accusative τὴν ῥήνῐκᾰ
tḕn rhḗnika		 τὼ ῥήνῐκε
tṑ rhḗnike		 τᾱ̀ς ῥήνῐκᾰς
tā̀s rhḗnikas
Vocative ῥῆνῐξ
rhênix		 ῥήνῐκε
rhḗnike		 ῥήνῐκες
rhḗnikes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “ῥῆνιξ”, 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, →ISBN
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