κλῖμαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “I bend, lean”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klîː.maks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/
Noun
κλῖμᾰξ • (klîmăx) f (genitive κλῑ́μᾰκος); third declension
- ladder
- staircase
- torture instrument shaped like a ladder
- a certain wrestling move
- (rhetoric) climax
- the blocks of wood placed above the wheels of a chariot
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κλῖμᾰξ hē klîmăx |
τὼ κλῑ́μᾰκε tṑ klī́măke |
αἱ κλῑ́μᾰκες hai klī́măkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κλῑ́μᾰκος tês klī́măkos |
τοῖν κλῑμᾰ́κοιν toîn klīmắkoin |
τῶν κλῑμᾰ́κων tôn klīmắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κλῑ́μᾰκῐ tēî klī́măkĭ |
τοῖν κλῑμᾰ́κοιν toîn klīmắkoin |
ταῖς κλῑ́μᾰξῐ / κλῑ́μᾰξῐν taîs klī́măxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κλῑ́μᾰκᾰ tḕn klī́măkă |
τὼ κλῑ́μᾰκε tṑ klī́măke |
τᾱ̀ς κλῑ́μᾰκᾰς tā̀s klī́măkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλῖμᾰξ klîmăx |
κλῑ́μᾰκε klī́măke |
κλῑ́μᾰκες klī́măkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κλῑμᾰκῐ́ζω (klīmăkĭ́zō)
- κλῑμᾰ́κιον (klīmắkion)
- κλῑμᾰκῐ́ς (klīmăkĭ́s)
- κλῑμᾰκοειδής (klīmăkoeidḗs)
- κλῑμᾰκόεις (klīmăkóeis)
- κλῑμᾰκοφόρος (klīmăkophóros)
- κλῑμᾰκτήρ (klīmăktḗr)
- κλῑμᾰκώδης (klīmăkṓdēs)
- κλῑμᾰκωτός (klīmăkōtós)
Descendants
References
- “κλῖμαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κλῖμαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κλῖμαξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κλῖμαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κλῖμαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κλῖμαξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- κλῖμαξ in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.