Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Noun
φᾰ́ρῠγξ • (phárunx) f, m (genitive φᾰ́ρῠγος or φᾰ́ρῠγγος); third declension
- windpipe
- throat
- esophagus
- pharynx
- neck
- dewlap
Usage notes
- Primarily feminine, rarely masculine.
Inflection
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ὁ, ἡ φᾰ́ρῠγξ
|
τὼ φᾰ́ρῠγε
|
οἱ, αἱ φᾰ́ρῠγες
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ, τῆς φᾰ́ρῠγος
|
τοῖν φᾰρῠ́γοιν
|
τῶν φᾰρῠ́γων
|
| Dative |
τῷ, τῇ φᾰ́ρῠγῐ
|
τοῖν φᾰρῠ́γοιν
|
τοῖς, ταῖς φᾰ́ρῠξῐ
|
| Accusative |
τὸν, τὴν φᾰ́ρῠγᾰ
|
τὼ φᾰ́ρῠγε
|
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς φᾰ́ρῠγᾰς
|
| Vocative |
φᾰ́ρῠγξ
|
φᾰ́ρῠγε
|
φᾰ́ρῠγες
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
|
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ὁ, ἡ φᾰ́ρῠγξ
|
τὼ φᾰ́ρῠγγε
|
οἱ, αἱ φᾰ́ρῠγγες
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ, τῆς φᾰ́ρῠγγος
|
τοῖν φᾰρῠ́γγοιν
|
τῶν φᾰρῠ́γγων
|
| Dative |
τῷ, τῇ φᾰ́ρῠγγῐ
|
τοῖν φᾰρῠ́γγοιν
|
τοῖς, ταῖς φᾰ́ρῠγξῐ
|
| Accusative |
τὸν, τὴν φᾰ́ρῠγγᾰ
|
τὼ φᾰ́ρῠγγε
|
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς φᾰ́ρῠγγᾰς
|
| Vocative |
φᾰ́ρῠγξ
|
φᾰ́ρῠγγε
|
φᾰ́ρῠγγες
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
|
Descendants
See also
References
- φάρυγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φάρυγξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φάρυγξ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «φάρυγξ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill