πάλαξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πᾰλᾰ́σσω (pălắssō, “to besprinkle, defile”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pá.lak.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpa.lak.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.lak.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.lak.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpa.lak.sis/
Noun
πᾰ́λᾰξῐς • (pắlăxĭs) f (genitive πᾰλᾰ́ξεως); third declension
- laying on of a preliminary coat of paint, priming
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πᾰ́λᾰξῐς hē pắlăxĭs |
τὼ πᾰλᾰ́ξει tṑ pălắxei |
αἱ πᾰλᾰ́ξεις hai pălắxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πᾰλᾰ́ξεως tês pălắxeōs |
τοῖν πᾰλᾰξέοιν toîn pălăxéoin |
τῶν πᾰλᾰ́ξεων tôn pălắxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πᾰλᾰ́ξει tēî pălắxei |
τοῖν πᾰλᾰξέοιν toîn pălăxéoin |
ταῖς πᾰλᾰ́ξεσῐ / πᾰλᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs pălắxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πᾰ́λᾰξῐν tḕn pắlăxĭn |
τὼ πᾰλᾰ́ξει tṑ pălắxei |
τᾱ̀ς πᾰλᾰ́ξεις tā̀s pălắxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰ́λᾰξῐ pắlăxĭ |
πᾰλᾰ́ξει pălắxei |
πᾰλᾰ́ξεις pălắxeis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πάλαξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press