πῖδαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from πιδάω (pidáō, “to gush forth”), suffixed with -αξ (-ax).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pîː.daks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpi.daks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ðaks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ðaks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ðaks/
Noun
πῖδαξ • (pîdax) f (genitive πῖδακος); third declension
- A spring, a fountain.
Declension
Third declension of ἡ πῖδᾰξ; τῆς πῑ́δᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πῖδᾰξ hē pîdax | τὼ πῑ́δᾰκε tṑ pī́dake | αἱ πῑ́δᾰκες hai pī́dakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πῑ́δᾰκος tês pī́dakos | τοῖν πῑδᾰ́κοιν toîn pīdákoin | τῶν πῑδᾰ́κων tôn pīdákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πῑ́δᾰκῐ têi pī́daki | πῑδᾰ́κοιν pīdákoin | ταῖς πῑ́δᾰξῐ / πῑ́δᾰξῐν taîs pī́daxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πῑ́δᾰκᾰ tḕn pī́daka | πῑ́δᾰκε pī́dake | τᾱ̀ς πῑ́δᾰκᾰς tā̀s pī́dakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῖδᾰξ pîdax | πῑ́δᾰκε pī́dake | πῑ́δᾰκες pī́dakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πιδακῖτις (pidakîtis)
References
- πῖδαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πῖδαξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πῖδαξ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers