πλῆξις
See also: πλέξις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πλᾶξῐς (plâxĭs) — Doric
Etymology
From πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /plɛ̂ːk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈple̝k.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈplik.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈplik.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈplik.sis/
Noun
πλῆξῐς • (plêxĭs) f (genitive πλήξεως); third declension
- percussion, blow (act of striking)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πλῆξῐς hē plêxĭs |
τὼ πλήξει tṑ plḗxei |
αἱ πλήξεις hai plḗxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πλήξεως tês plḗxeōs |
τοῖν πληξέοιν toîn plēxéoin |
τῶν πλήξεων tôn plḗxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πλήξει tēî plḗxei |
τοῖν πληξέοιν toîn plēxéoin |
ταῖς πλήξεσῐ / πλήξεσῐν taîs plḗxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πλῆξῐν tḕn plêxĭn |
τὼ πλήξει tṑ plḗxei |
τᾱ̀ς πλήξεις tā̀s plḗxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλῆξῐ plêxĭ |
πλήξει plḗxei |
πλήξεις plḗxeis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: πλήξη (plíxi)
Further reading
- “πλῆξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πλῆξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette