ἴξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably related to ἴψ (íps, “wood-worm”) as a Pre-Greek element.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǐːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iks/
Noun
ἴ̄ξ • (í̄x) m (genitive ἰ̄κός); third declension
- worm or grub that damages the vine
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἴ̄ξ; τοῦ ἰ̄κός (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἴ̄ξ ho í̄x | τὼ ἰ̄κε tṑ īke | οἱ ἰ̄κες hoi īkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἰ̄κός toû īkós | τοῖν ἰ̄κοῖν toîn īkoîn | τῶν ἰ̄κῶν tôn īkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἰ̄κῐ́ tôi īkí | τοῖν ἰ̄κοῖν toîn īkoîn | τοῖς ἰ̄ξῐ́ / ἰ̄ξῐ́ν toîs īxí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἰ̄κᾰ tòn īka | τὼ ἰ̄κε tṑ īke | τοὺς ἰ̄κᾰς toùs īkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἴ̄ξ í̄x | ἰ̄κε īke | ἰ̄κες īkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἴξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴξ 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