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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐρι- (eri-) + αὐχήν (aukhḗn)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ri.ǎu̯.kʰɛːn/ → /e.riˈaɸ.çin/ → /e.riˈaf.çin/
Adjective
ἐρῐαύχην • (eriaúkhēn) m or f (neuter —); third declension
- with high-arching neck (of horses)
Declension
Quotations
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 10.305:
- δώσω γὰρ δίφρον τε δύω τ’ ἐριαύχενας ἵππους,
- dṓsō gàr díphron te dúō t’ eriaúkhenas híppous,
- Translation by Murray
- For I will give him a chariot and two horses with high arched necks
Further reading
- “ἐριαύχην”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐριαύχην in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐριαύχην in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐριαύχην in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- “ἐριαύχην”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἐριαύχην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐριαύχην”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter