πάπραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Has been connected with πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”) and περκνός (perknós, “spotted”), or explained as onomatopoeic after the supposed sound of the fish. According to Beekes, the word may be of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰ́πρᾰξ • (pắprăx) m (genitive πᾰ́πρᾰκος); third declension

  1. Thracian lake-fish

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πᾰ́πρᾰξ; τοῦ πᾰ́πρᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πᾰ́πρᾰξ
ho pắprăx 		τὼ πᾰ́πρᾰκε
tṑ pắprăke 		οἱ πᾰ́πρᾰκες
hoi pắprăkes
Genitive τοῦ πᾰ́πρᾰκος
toû pắprăkos 		τοῖν πᾰπρᾰ́κοιν
toîn păprắkoin 		τῶν πᾰπρᾰ́κων
tôn păprắkōn
Dative τῷ πᾰ́πρᾰκῐ
tōî pắprăkĭ 		τοῖν πᾰπρᾰ́κοιν
toîn păprắkoin 		τοῖς πᾰ́πρᾰξῐ / πᾰ́πρᾰξῐν
toîs pắprăxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν πᾰ́πρᾰκᾰ
tòn pắprăkă 		τὼ πᾰ́πρᾰκε
tṑ pắprăke 		τοὺς πᾰ́πρᾰκᾰς
toùs pắprăkăs
Vocative πᾰ́πρᾰξ
pắprăx 		πᾰ́πρᾰκε
pắprăke 		πᾰ́πρᾰκες
pắprăkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

Paeonian

Noun

πάπραξ (páprax) m

  1. a kind of fish once found in the Thracian lake Prasias
    • Herodotus, The Histories, 5.16

See also

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