πτώξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Backformation from πτώσσω (ptṓssō, “to cower, crouch, cringe”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptɔ̌ːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ptoks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ptoks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ptoks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ptoks/
Noun
πτώξ • (ptṓx) m (genitive πτωκός); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πτώξ ho ptṓx |
τὼ πτῶκε tṑ ptôke |
οἱ πτῶκες hoi ptôkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πτωκός toû ptōkós |
τοῖν πτωκοῖν toîn ptōkoîn |
τῶν πτωκῶν tôn ptōkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πτωκῐ́ tôi ptōkí |
τοῖν πτωκοῖν toîn ptōkoîn |
τοῖς πτωξῐ́ / πτωξῐ́ν toîs ptōxí(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πτῶκᾰ tòn ptôka |
τὼ πτῶκε tṑ ptôke |
τοὺς πτῶκᾰς toùs ptôkas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πτώξ ptṓx |
πτῶκε ptôke |
πτῶκες ptôkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πτώξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πτώξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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