Ἄλεξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλέξω (aléxō) +‎ -ις (-is).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἄλεξῐς • (Álexĭs) m (genitive Ἀλέξιδος); third declension

  1. a male given name meaning “helper, defender”, equivalent to English Alexis

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἄλεξῐς; τοῦ Ἀλέξῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἄλεξῐς
ho Álexĭs
Genitive τοῦ Ἀλέξῐδος
toû Aléxĭdos
Dative τῷ Ἀλέξῐδῐ
tōî Aléxĭdĭ
Accusative τὸν Ἀλέξῐδᾰ
tòn Aléxĭdă
Vocative Ἄλεξῐς
Álexĭs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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