πῆξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “I stick, I fix”) + -σις (-sis, suffix to form a feminine noun).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛ̂ːk.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpe̝k.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpik.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpik.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpik.sis/
Noun
πῆξις • (pêxis) f (genitive πήξεως); third declension
- fixing, putting together
- solidity, fixity
- coagulation, freezing; formation of gum in plants
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πῆξῐς hē pêxĭs |
τὼ πήξει tṑ pḗxei |
αἱ πήξεις hai pḗxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πήξεως tês pḗxeōs |
τοῖν πηξέοιν toîn pēxéoin |
τῶν πήξεων tôn pḗxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πήξει tēî pḗxei |
τοῖν πηξέοιν toîn pēxéoin |
ταῖς πήξεσῐ / πήξεσῐν taîs pḗxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πῆξῐν tḕn pêxĭn |
τὼ πήξει tṑ pḗxei |
τᾱ̀ς πήξεις tā̀s pḗxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῆξῐ pêxĭ |
πήξει pḗxei |
πήξεις pḗxeis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: -pexy
References
“πῆξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press