λάβραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λάβρος (lábros, “furious, fierce”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λάβραξ • (lábrax) m (genitive λάβρᾱκος); third declension

  1. European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ λάβρᾱξ; τοῦ λάβρᾱκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ λάβρᾱξ
ho lábrāx 		τὼ λάβρᾱκε
tṑ lábrāke 		οἱ λάβρᾱκες
hoi lábrākes
Genitive τοῦ λάβρᾱκος
toû lábrākos 		τοῖν λαβρᾱ́κοιν
toîn labrā́koin 		τῶν λαβρᾱ́κων
tôn labrā́kōn
Dative τῷ λάβρᾱκῐ
tōî lábrākĭ 		τοῖν λαβρᾱ́κοιν
toîn labrā́koin 		τοῖς λάβρᾱξῐ / λάβρᾱξῐν
toîs lábrāxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν λάβρᾱκᾰ
tòn lábrākă 		τὼ λάβρᾱκε
tṑ lábrāke 		τοὺς λάβρᾱκᾰς
toùs lábrākăs
Vocative λάβρᾱξ
lábrāx 		λάβρᾱκε
lábrāke 		λάβρᾱκες
lábrākes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • λαβράκιον (labrákion)

Descendants

  • Latin: Labrax
  • → Old Armenian: ղաբրաքս (łabrakʻs)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάβρος (> DER Fish-names: λάβρᾱξ, -ᾱκος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 818

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