βήξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée argues for a Pre-Greek origin, but the word might also be of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s-, itself of imitative origin; βήξ (bḗx) could point to a protoform *gʷeh₂(s)-gʰ-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛ̌ːks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝ks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βiks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /viks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viks/

Noun

βήξ • (bḗx) m or f (genitive βηχός); third declension

cough

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ βήξ; τοῦ, τῆς βηχός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ βήξ ho, hē bḗx	τὼ βῆχε tṑ bêkhe	οἱ, αἱ βῆχες hoi, hai bêkhes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς βηχός toû, tês bēkhós	τοῖν βηχοῖν toîn bēkhoîn	τῶν βηχῶν tôn bēkhôn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ βηχῐ́ tōî, tēî bēkhĭ́	τοῖν βηχοῖν toîn bēkhoîn	τοῖς, ταῖς βηξῐ́ / βηξῐ́ν toîs, taîs bēxĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν βῆχᾰ tòn, tḕn bêkhă	τὼ βῆχε tṑ bêkhe	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς βῆχᾰς toùs, tā̀s bêkhăs
Vocative	βήξ bḗx	βῆχε bêkhe	βῆχες bêkhes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βήξω (bḗxō)
βηχικός (bēkhikós)
βήχιον (bḗkhion)
βηχίον (bēkhíon)
βηχώδης (bēkhṓdēs)

Related terms

βήσσω (bḗssō)

Descendants

Greek: βήχας (víchas)