πῖδαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

For this word and πῑδάω (pīdáō, “to gush forth”) one might assume a noun *πίδ-α (*píd-a), but πῑδύω (pīdúō, “to gush forth”) and πῑδυλίς (pīdulís) point to an υ-stem. No certain cognates outside Greek. The group could well be Pre-Greek.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pîː.daks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.daks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ðaks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ðaks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ðaks/

Noun

πῖδᾰξ • (pîdăx) f (genitive πῑ́δᾰκος); third declension

spring, fountain
Synonyms: κρήνη (krḗnē), κρουνός (krounós), πηγή (pēgḗ), πηγίον (pēgíon)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πῖδᾰξ; τῆς πῑ́δᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῖδᾰξ hē pîdăx	τὼ πῑ́δᾰκε tṑ pī́dăke	αἱ πῑ́δᾰκες hai pī́dăkes
Genitive	τῆς πῑ́δᾰκος tês pī́dăkos	τοῖν πῑδᾰ́κοιν toîn pīdắkoin	τῶν πῑδᾰ́κων tôn pīdắkōn
Dative	τῇ πῑ́δᾰκῐ tēî pī́dăkĭ	τοῖν πῑδᾰ́κοιν toîn pīdắkoin	ταῖς πῑ́δᾰξῐ / πῑ́δᾰξῐν taîs pī́dăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πῑ́δᾰκᾰ tḕn pī́dăkă	τὼ πῑ́δᾰκε tṑ pī́dăke	τᾱ̀ς πῑ́δᾰκᾰς tā̀s pī́dăkăs
Vocative	πῖδᾰξ pîdăx	πῑ́δᾰκε pī́dăke	πῑ́δᾰκες pī́dăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πῑδᾰκῖτῐς (pīdăkîtĭs)
πῑδᾰκόεις (pīdăkóeis)
πῑδᾰκώδης (pīdăkṓdēs)
πολῠπῖδᾰξ (polŭpîdăx)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πῖδαξ, -ᾱκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1188

“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
πῖδαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
πῖδαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
πῖδαξ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πῖδαξ, -ᾱκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1188

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