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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the base of θράσσω (thrássō, “to trouble, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥h₂-gʰ-yé-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰrâːi̯ks/ → /θraks/ → /θraks/
Proper noun
Θρᾷξ • (Thrâix) m (genitive Θρᾳκός); third declension (Attic, Koine)
- Thrax
Noun
Θρᾷξ • (Thrâix) m (genitive Θρᾳκός); third declension (Attic, Koine)
- an inhabitant of Thrace; a Thracian
Inflection
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References
- “Θρᾷξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Θρᾷξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
- Sievers' Law and the History of Semivowel Syllabicity in Indo-European and Ancient Greek