βῶλαξ
See also: Βῶλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βῶλος (bôlos, “lump, clod of earth”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bɔ̂ː.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbo.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβo.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvo.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvo.laks/
Noun
βῶλᾰξ • (bôlăx) f (genitive βώλᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βῶλᾰξ hē bôlăx |
τὼ βώλᾰκε tṑ bṓlăke |
αἱ βώλᾰκες hai bṓlăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βώλᾰκος tês bṓlăkos |
τοῖν βωλᾰ́κοιν toîn bōlắkoin |
τῶν βωλᾰ́κων tôn bōlắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βώλᾰκῐ tēî bṓlăkĭ |
τοῖν βωλᾰ́κοιν toîn bōlắkoin |
ταῖς βώλᾰξῐ / βώλᾰξῐν taîs bṓlăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βώλᾰκᾰ tḕn bṓlăkă |
τὼ βώλᾰκε tṑ bṓlăke |
τᾱ̀ς βώλᾰκᾰς tā̀s bṓlăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βῶλᾰξ bôlăx |
βώλᾰκε bṓlăke |
βώλᾰκες bṓlăkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ (erĭbôlăx)
Further reading
- “βῶλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βῶλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βῶλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)