λάλαξ
Ancient Greek
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
- AD 5th C., Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
- a name of the green frog
- a name of a bird
Declension
Third declension of ὁ λᾰ́λᾰξ; τοῦ λᾰ́λᾰγος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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