σπάλαξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀσπᾰ́λᾰξ (aspálax), ἀσφᾰ́λᾰξ (asphálax)
- σφᾰ́λᾰξ (sphálax)
Etymology
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spá.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspa.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈspa.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈspa.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈspa.laks/
Noun
σπᾰ́λᾰξ • (spálax) f (genitive σπᾰ́λᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σπᾰ́λᾰξ hē spálax |
τὼ σπᾰ́λᾰκε tṑ spálake |
αἱ σπᾰ́λᾰκες hai spálakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σπᾰ́λᾰκος tês spálakos |
τοῖν σπᾰλᾰ́κοιν toîn spalákoin |
τῶν σπᾰλᾰ́κων tôn spalákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σπᾰ́λᾰκῐ têi spálaki |
τοῖν σπᾰλᾰ́κοιν toîn spalákoin |
ταῖς σπᾰ́λᾰξῐ / σπᾰ́λᾰξῐν taîs spálaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σπᾰ́λᾰκᾰ tḕn spálaka |
τὼ σπᾰ́λᾰκε tṑ spálake |
τᾱ̀ς σπᾰ́λᾰκᾰς tā̀s spálakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | σπᾰ́λᾰξ spálax |
σπᾰ́λᾰκε spálake |
σπᾰ́λᾰκες spálakes | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- σπαλακία (spalakía)
- σπαλακορύπαινα (spalakorúpaina)
- σπαλακός (spalakós)
Descendants
- Translingual: Spalax, Spalacolestes, Spalacolestinae, Spalacotheriidae, Spalacotheridium, Spalacotherium, Spalacotheroides,
References
- “σπάλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπάλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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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