κιξάλλης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κῐ́ξᾰλης (kíxalēs), κῐττᾰ́λης (kittálēs)
Etymology
The formation is reminiscent of καβάλλης (kabállēs) and δαμάλης (damálēs). According to Hoffmann, the word was Anatolian, but it is a clear example of Pre-Greek word, in view of the variants.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kik.sál.lɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kikˈsal.le̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cikˈsal.lis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cikˈsal.lis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /cikˈsa.lis/
Noun
κῐξᾰ́λλης • (kixállēs) m (genitive κῐξᾰ́λλου); first declension
- highway robber, pirate, thief
Inflection
First declension of ὁ κῐξᾰ́λλης; τοῦ κῐξᾰ́λλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κῐξᾰ́λλης ho kixállēs | τὼ κῐξᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ kixállā | οἱ κῐξᾰ́λλαι hoi kixállai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κῐξᾰ́λλου toû kixállou | τοῖν κῐξᾰ́λλαιν toîn kixállain | τῶν κῐξᾰλλῶν tôn kixallôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κῐξᾰ́λλῃ tôi kixállēi | τοῖν κῐξᾰ́λλαιν toîn kixállain | τοῖς κῐξᾰ́λλαις toîs kixállais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κῐξᾰ́λλην tòn kixállēn | τὼ κῐξᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ kixállā | τοὺς κῐξᾰ́λλᾱς toùs kixállās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῐξᾰ́λλη kixállē | κῐξᾰ́λλᾱ kixállā | κῐξᾰ́λλαι kixállai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κῐξᾰλλεύω (kixalleúō)
- κῐξᾰλλῐ́ᾱ (kixallíā)
Further reading
- “κιξάλλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κιξάλλης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κιξάλλης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 701