ἴυγξ
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἰύζω (iúzō, “shout, yell”). Beekes reconstructs Pre-Greek *wʲug-.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.yŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.yŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.yŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.yŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.iŋks/
Noun
ἴυγξ • (íunx) f (genitive ἴυγγος); third declension
- Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
- (figuratively) spell, charm
- passionate yearning
Usage notes
- The ancient wizards and witches used to bind it to a wheel, which they turned round, believing that they drew men’s hearts along with it and charmed them to obedience; hence it was much used to recover unfaithful lovers. This operation was called ἕλκειν ἴυγγα ἐπί τινι (hélkein íunga epí tini, “to set the magic bird against someone”).
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἴυγξ hē íunx |
τὼ ἴυγγε tṑ íunge |
αἱ ἴυγγες hai íunges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἴυγγος tês íungos |
τοῖν ἰύγγοιν toîn iúngoin |
τῶν ἰύγγων tôn iúngōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἴυγγῐ têi íungi |
τοῖν ἰύγγοιν toîn iúngoin |
ταῖς ἴυγξῐ / ἴυγξῐν taîs íunxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἴυγγᾰ tḕn íunga |
τὼ ἴυγγε tṑ íunge |
τᾱ̀ς ἴυγγᾰς tā̀s íungas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἴυγξ íunx |
ἴυγγε íunge |
ἴυγγες íunges | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “ἴυγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἴυγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἴυγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ^ Beekes, Robert S.P. (2008) “Palatalized Consonants in Pre-Greek”, in Evidence and Counter-Evidence: Essays in honour of Frederik Kortlandt. Volume 1: Balto-Slavic and Indo-European Linguistics (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics; 32), pages 45–56