δράξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Retrograde formation from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to grasp, take handfuls”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *dregʰ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dráks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /draks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðraks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðraks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðraks/
Noun
δρᾰ́ξ • (dráx) f (genitive δρᾰκός); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δρᾰ́ξ hē dráx |
τὼ δρᾰ́κε tṑ dráke |
αἱ δρᾰ́κες hai drákes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δρᾰκός tês drakós |
τοῖν δρᾰκοῖν toîn drakoîn |
τῶν δρᾰκῶν tôn drakôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δρᾰκῐ́ têi drakí |
τοῖν δρᾰκοῖν toîn drakoîn |
ταῖς δρᾰξῐ́ / δρᾰξῐ́ν taîs draxí(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δρᾰ́κᾰ tḕn dráka |
τὼ δρᾰ́κε tṑ dráke |
τᾱ̀ς δρᾰ́κᾰς tā̀s drákas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δρᾰ́ξ dráx |
δρᾰ́κε dráke |
δρᾰ́κες drákes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “δράξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δράξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δράξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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
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