πάλλαξ

Ancient Greek

Probably a back-formation from παλλακή (pallakḗ, “concubine”).^[1]

πάλλᾱξ • (pállāx) m or f (genitive πάλλᾱκος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ πᾰ́λλᾱξ; τοῦ, τῆς πᾰ́λλᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ πᾰ́λλᾱξ ho, hē pắllāx	τὼ πᾰ́λλᾱκε tṑ pắllāke	οἱ, αἱ πᾰ́λλᾱκες hoi, hai pắllākes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς πᾰ́λλᾱκος toû, tês pắllākos	τοῖν πᾰλλᾱ́κοιν toîn păllā́koin	τῶν πᾰλλᾱ́κων tôn păllā́kōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ πᾰ́λλᾱκῐ tōî, tēî pắllākĭ	τοῖν πᾰλλᾱ́κοιν toîn păllā́koin	τοῖς, ταῖς πᾰ́λλᾱξῐ / πᾰ́λλᾱξῐν toîs, taîs pắllāxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν πᾰ́λλᾱκᾰ tòn, tḕn pắllākă	τὼ πᾰ́λλᾱκε tṑ pắllāke	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πᾰ́λλᾱκᾰς toùs, tā̀s pắllākăs
Vocative	πᾰ́λλᾱξ pắllāx	πᾰ́λλᾱκε pắllāke	πᾰ́λλᾱκες pắllākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

⇒ Koine Greek: παλλικάριον (pallikárion)
- Greek: παλικάρι (palikári)
- Pontic Greek: παλληκάρι (pallikári) (see there for further descendants)

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “παλλακή (> DER > πάλλαξ)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1147