ῥώξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-, the same root of ῥήγνυμι (rhḗgnumi, “to break”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɔ̌ːks/ → /roks/ → /roks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɔ̌ːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roks/

Noun

ῥώξ • (rhṓx) f (genitive ῥωγός); third declension

1. breach, narrow passage

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῥώξ; τῆς ῥωγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥώξ hē rhṓx	τὼ ῥῶγε tṑ rhôge	αἱ ῥῶγες hai rhôges
Genitive	τῆς ῥωγός tês rhōgós	τοῖν ῥωγοῖν toîn rhōgoîn	τῶν ῥωγῶν tôn rhōgôn
Dative	τῇ ῥωγῐ́ têi rhōgĭ́	τοῖν ῥωγοῖν toîn rhōgoîn	ταῖς ῥωξῐ́ / ῥωξῐ́ν taîs rhōxĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥῶγᾰ tḕn rhôgă	τὼ ῥῶγε tṑ rhôge	τᾱ̀ς ῥῶγᾰς tā̀s rhôgăs
Vocative	ῥώξ rhṓx	ῥῶγε rhôge	ῥῶγες rhôges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥωγαλέος (rhōgaléos)
• ῥωγάς (rhōgás)
• ῥωγή (rhōgḗ)
• ῥωγμή (rhōgmḗ)
• ῥωγμοειδής (rhōgmoeidḗs)
• ῥωγμός (rhōgmós)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɔ̌ːks/ → /roks/ → /roks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɔ̌ːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roks/

Noun

ῥώξ • (rhṓx) f (genitive ῥωγός); third declension

1. Alternative form of ῥάξ (rháx)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῥώξ; τῆς ῥωγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥώξ hē rhṓx	τὼ ῥῶγε tṑ rhôge	αἱ ῥῶγες hai rhôges
Genitive	τῆς ῥωγός tês rhōgós	τοῖν ῥωγοῖν toîn rhōgoîn	τῶν ῥωγῶν tôn rhōgôn
Dative	τῇ ῥωγῐ́ têi rhōgĭ́	τοῖν ῥωγοῖν toîn rhōgoîn	ταῖς ῥωξῐ́ / ῥωξῐ́ν taîs rhōxĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥῶγᾰ tḕn rhôgă	τὼ ῥῶγε tṑ rhôge	τᾱ̀ς ῥῶγᾰς tā̀s rhôgăs
Vocative	ῥώξ rhṓx	ῥῶγε rhôge	ῥῶγες rhôges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ρώγα (róga)
• >? Proto-Albanian: *ruśśa-
  • Albanian: rrush

Further reading

• “ῥώξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥώξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ῥώξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ῥώξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ῥώξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ῥώξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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