Ὁμηρομάστιξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compound of Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “Homer”) + μάστῑξ (mástīx, “scourge”), literally “Homer’s scourge”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ho.mɛː.ro.más.tiːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)o.me̝.roˈmas.tiks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.mi.roˈmas.tiks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.mi.roˈmas.tiks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.mi.roˈmas.tiks/
Proper noun
Ὁμηρομάστῑξ • (Homēromástīx) f (genitive Ὁμηρομάστῑγος); third declension
- An epithet of Zoilus, an Ancient Greek grammarian who was a censorious critic of Homer.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ὁμηρομάστῑξ hē Homēromástīx | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ὁμηρομάστῑγος tês Homēromástīgos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ὁμηρομάστῑγῐ tēî Homēromástīgĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ὁμηρομάστῑγᾰ tḕn Homēromástīgă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ὁμηρομάστῑξ Homēromástīx | ||||||||||||
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Noun
Ὁμηρομάστῑξ • (Homēromástīx) f (genitive Ὁμηρομάστῑγος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ὁμηρομάστῑξ hē Homēromástīx |
τὼ Ὁμηρομάστῑγε tṑ Homēromástīge |
αἱ Ὁμηρομάστῑγες hai Homēromástīges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ὁμηρομάστῑγος tês Homēromástīgos |
τοῖν Ὁμηρομαστῑ́γοιν toîn Homēromastī́goin |
τῶν Ὁμηρομαστῑ́γων tôn Homēromastī́gōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ὁμηρομάστῑγῐ tēî Homēromástīgĭ |
τοῖν Ὁμηρομαστῑ́γοιν toîn Homēromastī́goin |
ταῖς Ὁμηρομάστῑξῐ / Ὁμηρομάστῑξῐν taîs Homēromástīxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ὁμηρομάστῑγᾰ tḕn Homēromástīgă |
τὼ Ὁμηρομάστῑγε tṑ Homēromástīge |
τᾱ̀ς Ὁμηρομάστῑγᾰς tā̀s Homēromástīgăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ὁμηρομάστῑξ Homēromástīx |
Ὁμηρομάστῑγε Homēromástīge |
Ὁμηρομάστῑγες Homēromástīges | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Homēromastīx
Further reading
- Ὁμηρομάστιξ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “Ὁμηρομάστιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press