δίπλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dwi-pleḱ-s; compare Latin duplex. By surface analysis, δι- (di-) + -πλαξ (-plax)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dí.plaks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.plaks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.plaks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.plaks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.plaks/
Adjective
δίπλαξ • (díplax) m or f (neuter —); third declension
- twofold, double, in double folds
- (nominalized, f) a double-folded mantle
- (nominalized, in the plural) ship-planks (doubled one over the one below)
Declension
Not attested in the neuter.
Third declension of δῐ́πλᾰξ; — (Attic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δῐ́πλᾰξ dĭ́plăx |
— | δῐ́πλᾰκε dĭ́plăke |
— | δῐ́πλᾰκες dĭ́plăkes |
— | ||||||||
| Genitive | δῐ́πλᾰκος dĭ́plăkos |
— | δῐπλᾰ́κοιν dĭplắkoin |
— | δῐπλᾰ́κων dĭplắkōn |
— | ||||||||
| Dative | δῐ́πλᾰκῐ dĭ́plăkĭ |
— | δῐπλᾰ́κοιν dĭplắkoin |
— | δῐ́πλᾰξῐ / δῐ́πλᾰξῐν dĭ́plăxĭ(n) |
— | ||||||||
| Accusative | δῐ́πλᾰκᾰ dĭ́plăkă |
— | δῐ́πλᾰκε dĭ́plăke |
— | δῐ́πλᾰκᾰς dĭ́plăkăs |
— | ||||||||
| Vocative | δῐ́πλᾰξ dĭ́plăx |
— | δῐ́πλᾰκε dĭ́plăke |
— | δῐ́πλᾰκες dĭ́plăkes |
— | ||||||||
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Further reading
- “δίπλαξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δίπλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δίπλαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δίπλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- δίπλαξ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “δίπλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press