δρῶπαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *drep- (“to pluck”) and related to δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck, cut off”) and δρεπάνη (drepánē, “sickle”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δρῶπᾰξ • (drôpăx) m (genitive δρώπᾰκος); third declension

  1. pitch plaster used in medicine

Declension

Third declension of ὁ δρῶπᾰξ; τοῦ δρώπᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ δρῶπᾰξ
ho drôpăx 		τὼ δρώπᾰκε
tṑ drṓpăke 		οἱ δρώπᾰκες
hoi drṓpăkes
Genitive τοῦ δρώπᾰκος
toû drṓpăkos 		τοῖν δρωπᾰ́κοιν
toîn drōpắkoin 		τῶν δρωπᾰ́κων
tôn drōpắkōn
Dative τῷ δρώπᾰκῐ
tōî drṓpăkĭ 		τοῖν δρωπᾰ́κοιν
toîn drōpắkoin 		τοῖς δρώπᾰξῐ / δρώπᾰξῐν
toîs drṓpăxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν δρώπᾰκᾰ
tòn drṓpăkă 		τὼ δρώπᾰκε
tṑ drṓpăke 		τοὺς δρώπᾰκᾰς
toùs drṓpăkăs
Vocative δρῶπᾰξ
drôpăx 		δρώπᾰκε
drṓpăke 		δρώπᾰκες
drṓpăkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • δρωπακίζω (drōpakízō)
  • δρωπακισμός (drōpakismós)
  • δρωπακιστέον (drōpakistéon)
  • δρωπακιστής (drōpakistḗs)
  • δρωπακιστός (drōpakistós)
  • δρωπακίστρια (drōpakístria)

Descendants

  • → Latin: drōpax

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.