πρόξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- προκᾰ́ς (prokắs)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Ancient Greek περκνός (perknós, “dusky”) and Proto-Germanic *farwō (“colour”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /próks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /proks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proks/
Noun
πρόξ • (próx) f (genitive προκός); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πρόξ hē próx |
τὼ πρόκε tṑ próke |
αἱ πρόκες hai prókes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς προκός tês prokós |
τοῖν προκοῖν toîn prokoîn |
τῶν προκῶν tôn prokôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ προκῐ́ tēî prokĭ́ |
τοῖν προκοῖν toîn prokoîn |
ταῖς προξῐ́ / προξῐ́ν taîs proxĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πρόκᾰ tḕn prókă |
τὼ πρόκε tṑ próke |
τᾱ̀ς πρόκᾰς tā̀s prókăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πρόξ próx |
πρόκε próke |
πρόκες prókes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πρόξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πρόξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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