Στύξ

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Ancient Greek

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Styx

Etymology

From the same source as στυγνός (stugnós, “gloomy”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stýks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /styks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /styks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /styks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /stiks/

Proper noun

Στύξ • (Stúx) f (genitive Στῠγός); third declension

the river Styx
Styx, a goddess or a nymph in Greek mythology

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Στῠ́ξ; τῆς Στῠγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Στῠ́ξ hē Stúx
Genitive	τῆς Στῠγός tês Stugós
Dative	τῇ Στῠγῐ́ têi Stugí
Accusative	τὴν Στῠ́γᾰ tḕn Stúga
Vocative	Στῠ́ξ Stúx
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Στῠ́γῐος (Stúgios)

Descendants

References

“Στύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
Στύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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