λάλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lá.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈla.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.laks/
Noun
λᾰ́λᾰξ • (lắlăx) m (genitive λᾰ́λᾰγος); third declension
- babbler, croaker
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
- a name of the green frog
- a name of a bird
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λᾰ́λᾰξ ho lắlăx |
τὼ λᾰ́λᾰγε tṑ lắlăge |
οἱ λᾰ́λᾰγες hoi lắlăges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λᾰ́λᾰγος toû lắlăgos |
τοῖν λᾰλᾰ́γοιν toîn lălắgoin |
τῶν λᾰλᾰ́γων tôn lălắgōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λᾰ́λᾰγῐ tōî lắlăgĭ |
τοῖν λᾰλᾰ́γοιν toîn lălắgoin |
τοῖς λᾰ́λᾰξῐ / λᾰ́λᾰξῐν toîs lắlăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λᾰ́λᾰγᾰ tòn lắlăgă |
τὼ λᾰ́λᾰγε tṑ lắlăge |
τοὺς λᾰ́λᾰγᾰς toùs lắlăgăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰ́λᾰξ lắlăx |
λᾰ́λᾰγε lắlăge |
λᾰ́λᾰγες lắlăges | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (chatterer): βάβαξ (bábax)
References
- “λάλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λάλαξ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011