λάλαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lá.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈla.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.laks/
Noun
λᾰ́λᾰξ • (lálax) m (genitive λᾰ́λᾰγος); third declension
- babbler, croaker
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
- a name of the green frog
- a name of a bird
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λᾰ́λᾰξ ho lálax |
τὼ λᾰ́λᾰγε tṑ lálage |
οἱ λᾰ́λᾰγες hoi lálages | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λᾰ́λᾰγος toû lálagos |
τοῖν λᾰλᾰ́γοιν toîn lalágoin |
τῶν λᾰλᾰ́γων tôn lalágōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λᾰ́λᾰγῐ tôi lálagi |
τοῖν λᾰλᾰ́γοιν toîn lalágoin |
τοῖς λᾰ́λᾰξῐ / λᾰ́λᾰξῐν toîs lálaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λᾰ́λᾰγᾰ tòn lálaga |
τὼ λᾰ́λᾰγε tṑ lálage |
τοὺς λᾰ́λᾰγᾰς toùs lálagas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰ́λᾰξ lálax |
λᾰ́λᾰγε lálage |
λᾰ́λᾰγες lálages | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (chatterer): βάβαξ (bábax)
References
- “λάλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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