narthex

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek νάρθηξ (nárthēx, “giant fennel; casket”), a Pre-Greek word, as suggested by the suffix. See also νάρδος (nárdos, “nard”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑɹθɛks/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɑːθɛks/ === Noun === narthex (plural narthexes or narthices) (architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νᾰ́ρθηξ (nắrthēx). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnar.tʰeːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnar.teks] === Noun === narthēx m (genitive narthēcos or narthēcis); third declension giant fennel (Ferula communis) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type). ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “narthex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “narthex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.