κλῖμαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “I bend, lean”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klîː.maks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkli.maks/
Noun
κλῖμᾰξ • (klîmax) f (genitive κλῑ́μᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κλῖμᾰξ hē klîmax |
τὼ κλῑ́μᾰκε tṑ klī́make |
αἱ κλῑ́μᾰκες hai klī́makes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κλῑ́μᾰκος tês klī́makos |
τοῖν κλῑμᾰ́κοιν toîn klīmákoin |
τῶν κλῑμᾰ́κων tôn klīmákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κλῑ́μᾰκῐ têi klī́maki |
τοῖν κλῑμᾰ́κοιν toîn klīmákoin |
ταῖς κλῑ́μᾰξῐ / κλῑ́μᾰξῐν taîs klī́maxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κλῑ́μᾰκᾰ tḕn klī́maka |
τὼ κλῑ́μᾰκε tṑ klī́make |
τᾱ̀ς κλῑ́μᾰκᾰς tā̀s klī́makas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κλῖμᾰξ klîmax |
κλῑ́μᾰκε klī́make |
κλῑ́μᾰκες klī́makes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κλῑμᾰ́κιον (klīmákion)
- κλῑμᾰκοειδής (klīmakoeidḗs)
- κλῑμᾰκόεις (klīmakóeis)
- κλῑμᾰκοφόρος (klīmakophóros)
- κλῑμᾰκτήρ (klīmaktḗr)
- κλῑμᾰκώδης (klīmakṓdēs)
- κλῑμᾰκωτός (klīmakōtós)
- κλῑμᾰκῐ́ζω (klīmakízō)
- κλῑμᾰκῐ́ς (klīmakís)
Descendants
- → Latin: clīmax
References
- “κλῖμαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κλῖμαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κλῖμαξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κλῖμαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κλῖμαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κλῖμαξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- κλῖμαξ in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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