μάσταξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, possibly of Pre-Greek origin and related to μασάομαι (masáomai) and μαστάζω (mastázō). The formation is similar to πόρταξ (pórtax) and μύλαξ (múlax).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /más.taks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmas.taks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmas.taks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmas.taks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmas.taks/
Noun
μάσταξ • (mástax) f (genitive μάστακος); third declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μάσταξ hē mástax |
τὼ μάστακε tṑ mástake |
αἱ μάστακες hai mástakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μάστακος tês mástakos |
τοῖν μαστάκοιν toîn mastákoin |
τῶν μαστάκων tôn mastákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μάστακῐ têi mástaki |
τοῖν μαστάκοιν toîn mastákoin |
ταῖς μάσταξῐ / μάσταξῐν taîs mástaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μάστακᾰ tḕn mástaka |
τὼ μάστακε tṑ mástake |
τᾱ̀ς μάστακᾰς tā̀s mástakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μάσταξ mástax |
μάστακε mástake |
μάστακες mástakes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μάσταξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μάσταξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μάσταξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μάσταξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μάσταξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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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