δημοκόλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δῆμος (dêmos, “people, mob”) + κόλᾰξ (kólăx, “flatterer, fawner”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛː.mo.kó.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de̝.moˈko.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.moˈko.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.moˈko.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.moˈko.laks/
Noun
δημοκόλᾰξ • (dēmokólăx) m (genitive δημοκόλᾰκος); third declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δημοκόλᾰξ ho dēmokólăx |
τὼ δημοκόλᾰκε tṑ dēmokólăke |
οἱ δημοκόλᾰκες hoi dēmokólăkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δημοκόλᾰκος toû dēmokólăkos |
τοῖν δημοκολᾰ́κοιν toîn dēmokolắkoin |
τῶν δημοκολᾰ́κων tôn dēmokolắkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δημοκόλᾰκῐ tōî dēmokólăkĭ |
τοῖν δημοκολᾰ́κοιν toîn dēmokolắkoin |
τοῖς δημοκόλᾰξῐ / δημοκόλᾰξῐν toîs dēmokólăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δημοκόλᾰκᾰ tòn dēmokólăkă |
τὼ δημοκόλᾰκε tṑ dēmokólăke |
τοὺς δημοκόλᾰκᾰς toùs dēmokólăkăs | ||||||||||
Vocative | δημοκόλᾰξ dēmokólăx |
δημοκόλᾰκε dēmokólăke |
δημοκόλᾰκες dēmokólăkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “δημοκόλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δημοκόλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δημοκόλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)