πύνδαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn, the same root of πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom”) and Latin fundus (“bottom”). However the medial "-νδ-" is highly problematic, as well as the initial "π-" instead of "φ-" (since it was no longer followed by "θ").

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pýn.daks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpyn.daks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyn.daks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyn.daks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpin.daks/

Noun

πύνδᾰξ • (púndăx) m (genitive πύνδᾰκος); third declension

bottom of a jar, cup or other vessel
hilt of a sword

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πῠ́νδᾰξ; τοῦ πῠ́νδᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠ́νδᾰξ ho pŭ́ndăx	τὼ πῠ́νδᾰκε tṑ pŭ́ndăke	οἱ πῠ́νδᾰκες hoi pŭ́ndăkes
Genitive	τοῦ πῠ́νδᾰκος toû pŭ́ndăkos	τοῖν πῠνδᾰ́κοιν toîn pŭndắkoin	τῶν πῠνδᾰ́κων tôn pŭndắkōn
Dative	τῷ πῠ́νδᾰκῐ tōî pŭ́ndăkĭ	τοῖν πῠνδᾰ́κοιν toîn pŭndắkoin	τοῖς πῠ́νδᾰξῐ / πῠ́νδᾰξῐν toîs pŭ́ndăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν πῠ́νδᾰκᾰ tòn pŭ́ndăkă	τὼ πῠ́νδᾰκε tṑ pŭ́ndăke	τοὺς πῠ́νδᾰκᾰς toùs pŭ́ndăkăs
Vocative	πῠ́νδᾰξ pŭ́ndăx	πῠ́νδᾰκε pŭ́ndăke	πῠ́νδᾰκες pŭ́ndăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“πύνδαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
πύνδαξ 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