πήληξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The formation is like τράφηξ (tráphēx), ὄρπηξ (órpēx) and νάρθηξ (nárthēx). The suffix "-ηξ" often occurs in Pre-Greek words.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛ̌ː.lɛːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpe̝.le̝ks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.liks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.liks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.liks/
Noun
πήληξ • (pḗlēx) f (genitive πήληκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πήληξ hē pḗlēx |
τὼ πήληκε tṑ pḗlēke |
αἱ πήληκες hai pḗlēkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πήληκος tês pḗlēkos |
τοῖν πηλήκοιν toîn pēlḗkoin |
τῶν πηλήκων tôn pēlḗkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πήληκῐ tēî pḗlēkĭ |
τοῖν πηλήκοιν toîn pēlḗkoin |
ταῖς πήληξῐ / πήληξῐν taîs pḗlēxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πήληκᾰ tḕn pḗlēkă |
τὼ πήληκε tṑ pḗlēke |
τᾱ̀ς πήληκᾰς tā̀s pḗlēkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πήληξ pḗlēx |
πήληκε pḗlēke |
πήληκες pḗlēkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πήληξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πήληξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πήληξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN