προίξ

προίξ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prǒi̯ks/ → /pryks/ → /priks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prǒi̯ks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pryks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pryks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pryks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /priks/

Noun

προίξ • (proíx) f (genitive προικός); third declension

1. a dowry

Declension

Third declension of ἡ προίξ; τῆς προικός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ προίξ hē proíx	τὼ προῖκε tṑ proîke	αἱ προῖκες hai proîkes
Genitive	τῆς προικός tês proikós	τοῖν προικοῖν toîn proikoîn	τῶν προικῶν tôn proikôn
Dative	τῇ προικῐ́ têi proikí	τοῖν προικοῖν toîn proikoîn	ταῖς προιξῐ́ / προιξῐ́ν taîs proixí(n)
Accusative	τὴν προῖκᾰ tḕn proîka	τὼ προῖκε tṑ proîke	τᾱ̀ς προῖκᾰς tā̀s proîkas
Vocative	προίξ proíx	προῖκε proîke	προῖκες proîkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄπροικος (áproikos, “dowryless”)

Further reading

• “προίξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Greek

Noun

προίξ • (proíx) f

1. Alternative form of προίκα (proíka)