μίξις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • μῖξῐς (mîxĭs), μεῖξῐς (meîxĭs)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *míḱtis, from the root *meyḱ- ~ *meyǵ- (“to mix”) +‎ *-tis.[1] Cognate with Lithuanian mi̇̀šti, Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬌 (mišti). Compare μίγνυμι (mígnumi, “I mix”), from the same root.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῐ́ξῐς • (mĭ́xĭs) f (genitive μῐ́ξεως); third declension

  1. a mixing, mingling
  2. intercourse
    1. sexual intercourse
    2. commerce

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μῐ́ξῐς; τῆς μῐ́ξεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μῐ́ξῐς
hē mĭ́xĭs 		τὼ μῐ́ξει
tṑ mĭ́xei 		αἱ μῐ́ξεις
hai mĭ́xeis
Genitive τῆς μῐ́ξεως
tês mĭ́xeōs 		τοῖν μῐξέοιν
toîn mĭxéoin 		τῶν μῐ́ξεων
tôn mĭ́xeōn
Dative τῇ μῐ́ξει
tēî mĭ́xei 		τοῖν μῐξέοιν
toîn mĭxéoin 		ταῖς μῐ́ξεσῐ / μῐ́ξεσῐν
taîs mĭ́xesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν μῐ́ξῐν
tḕn mĭ́xĭn 		τὼ μῐ́ξει
tṑ mĭ́xei 		τᾱ̀ς μῐ́ξεις
tā̀s mĭ́xeis
Vocative μῐ́ξῐ
mĭ́xĭ 		μῐ́ξει
mĭ́xei 		μῐ́ξεις
mĭ́xeis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*mei̯k̂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 481–482
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