καλλίθριξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of κᾰλλῐ- (kăllĭ-, “beautiful”) + θρῐ́ξ (thrĭ́x, “hair”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kal.lí.tʰriks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kalˈli.tʰriks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kalˈli.θriks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kalˈli.θriks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈli.θriks/
Adjective
κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξ • (kăllĭ́thrĭx) m or f (neuter —); third declension
- having beautiful manes (of horses)
- having beautiful fleeces (of sheep)
- having beautiful hair (of humans)
Declension
Third declension of κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξ; — (Attic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξ kăllĭ́thrĭx |
— | κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχε kăllĭ́trĭkhe |
— | κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχες kăllĭ́trĭkhes |
— | ||||||||
| Genitive | κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχος kăllĭ́trĭkhos |
— | κᾰλλῐτρῐ́χοιν kăllĭtrĭ́khoin |
— | κᾰλλῐτρῐ́χων kăllĭtrĭ́khōn |
— | ||||||||
| Dative | κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχῐ kăllĭ́trĭkhĭ |
— | κᾰλλῐτρῐ́χοιν kăllĭtrĭ́khoin |
— | κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξῐ κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξῐν kăllĭ́thrĭxĭ(n) |
— | ||||||||
| Accusative | κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχᾰ kăllĭ́trĭkhă |
— | κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχε kăllĭ́trĭkhe |
— | κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχᾰς kăllĭ́trĭkhăs |
— | ||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξ kăllĭ́thrĭx |
— | κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχε kăllĭ́trĭkhe |
— | κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχες kăllĭ́trĭkhes |
— | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| κᾰλλῐτρῐ́χως kăllĭtrĭ́khōs |
— | — | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Noun
κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξ • (kăllĭ́thrĭx) f (genitive κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξ hē kăllĭ́thrĭx |
τὼ κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχε tṑ kăllĭ́trĭkhe |
αἱ κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχες hai kăllĭ́trĭkhes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχος tês kăllĭ́trĭkhos |
τοῖν κᾰλλῐτρῐ́χοιν toîn kăllĭtrĭ́khoin |
τῶν κᾰλλῐτρῐ́χων tôn kăllĭtrĭ́khōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχῐ tēî kăllĭ́trĭkhĭ |
τοῖν κᾰλλῐτρῐ́χοιν toîn kăllĭtrĭ́khoin |
ταῖς κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξῐ / κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξῐν taîs kăllĭ́thrĭxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχᾰ tḕn kăllĭ́trĭkhă |
τὼ κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχε tṑ kăllĭ́trĭkhe |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχᾰς tā̀s kăllĭ́trĭkhăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰλλῐ́θρῐξ kăllĭ́thrĭx |
κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχε kăllĭ́trĭkhe |
κᾰλλῐ́τρῐχες kăllĭ́trĭkhes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: callithrix
- → Translingual: Callithrix, Callitriche
Further reading
- “καλλίθριξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καλλίθριξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καλλίθριξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “καλλίθριξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press