βάμβαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βάμβηξ (bámbēx)
  • βάμβιξ (bámbix)
  • πάμβαξ (pámbax)

Etymology

Herodotus describes the word as Indian, while Theophrastus says that it was found near the Persian Gulf. From the same root are Middle Persian pmbk', Old Armenian բամբակ (bambak) and Ottoman Turkish پاموق (pamuk).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βάμβαξ • (bámbax) m (genitive βάμβακος); third declension

  1. cotton
    Synonyms: γοσσύπιον (gossúpion), ἐριόξυλον (erióxulon)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ βάμβαξ; τοῦ βάμβακος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βάμβαξ
ho bámbax 		τὼ βάμβακε
tṑ bámbake 		οἱ βάμβακες
hoi bámbakes
Genitive τοῦ βάμβακος
toû bámbakos 		τοῖν βαμβάκοιν
toîn bambákoin 		τῶν βαμβάκων
tôn bambákōn
Dative τῷ βάμβακῐ
tōî bámbakĭ 		τοῖν βαμβάκοιν
toîn bambákoin 		τοῖς βάμβαξῐ / βάμβαξῐν
toîs bámbaxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν βάμβακᾰ
tòn bámbakă 		τὼ βάμβακε
tṑ bámbake 		τοὺς βάμβακᾰς
toùs bámbakăs
Vocative βάμβαξ
bámbax 		βάμβακε
bámbake 		βάμβακες
bámbakes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Late Latin: bombax, bambax, bombix, bambix, *bombacum
      • Italo-Dalmatian:
        • Italian: Bambaci, Bombaci
        • Sicilian: Bammaci, Bummaci
    • Eastern Romance:
    • Rhaeto-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βαμβάκιον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 199

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