βέμβιξ

Ancient Greek

Probably of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -ῑκ-. See also πέμφιξ (pémphix, “breath, blast”) and πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “bubble”).

βέμβῐξ • (bémbĭx) f (genitive βέμβῑκος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ βέμβῐξ; τῆς βέμβῑκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βέμβῐξ hē bémbĭx	τὼ βέμβῑκε tṑ bémbīke	αἱ βέμβῑκες hai bémbīkes
Genitive	τῆς βέμβῑκος tês bémbīkos	τοῖν βεμβῑ́κοιν toîn bembī́koin	τῶν βεμβῑ́κων tôn bembī́kōn
Dative	τῇ βέμβῑκῐ tēî bémbīkĭ	τοῖν βεμβῑ́κοιν toîn bembī́koin	ταῖς βέμβῑξῐ / βέμβῑξῐν taîs bémbīxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν βέμβῑκᾰ tḕn bémbīkă	τὼ βέμβῑκε tṑ bémbīke	τᾱ̀ς βέμβῑκᾰς tā̀s bémbīkăs
Vocative	βέμβῐξ bémbĭx	βέμβῑκε bémbīke	βέμβῑκες bémbīkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.