Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrēn- (“drone; to murmur”), like English drone and Latin drensō (“to cry (of swans)”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin, comparing the word with ἀνθρηδών (anthrēdṓn, “hornet”), ἀνθρήνη (anthrḗnē, “bee, wasp”) and τενθρηδών (tenthrēdṓn, “kind of wasp”).
θρῶνᾰξ • (thrônax) m (genitive θρώνᾰκος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ θρῶνᾰξ ho thrônax |
τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnake |
οἱ θρώνᾰκες hoi thrṓnakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ θρώνᾰκος toû thrṓnakos |
τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnákoin |
τῶν θρωνᾰ́κων tôn thrōnákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ θρώνᾰκῐ tôi thrṓnaki |
τοῖν θρωνᾰ́κοιν toîn thrōnákoin |
τοῖς θρώνᾰξῐ / θρώνᾰξῐν toîs thrṓnaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν θρώνᾰκᾰ tòn thrṓnaka |
τὼ θρώνᾰκε tṑ thrṓnake |
τοὺς θρώνᾰκᾰς toùs thrṓnakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θρῶνᾰξ thrônax |
θρώνᾰκε thrṓnake |
θρώνᾰκες thrṓnakes | ||||||||||
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