κιξάλλης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κῐ́ξᾰλης (kíxalēs), κῐττᾰ́λης (kittálēs)

Etymology

The formation is reminiscent of καβάλλης (kabállēs) and δαμάλης (damálēs). According to Hoffmann, the word was Anatolian, but it is a clear example of Pre-Greek word, in view of the variants.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kik.sál.lɛːs/ → /cikˈsal.lis/ → /cikˈsa.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kik.sál.lɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kikˈsal.le̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cikˈsal.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cikˈsal.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cikˈsa.lis/

Noun

κῐξᾰ́λλης • (kixállēs) m (genitive κῐξᾰ́λλου); first declension

1. highway robber, pirate, thief

Inflection

First declension of ὁ κῐξᾰ́λλης; τοῦ κῐξᾰ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῐξᾰ́λλης ho kixállēs	τὼ κῐξᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ kixállā	οἱ κῐξᾰ́λλαι hoi kixállai
Genitive	τοῦ κῐξᾰ́λλου toû kixállou	τοῖν κῐξᾰ́λλαιν toîn kixállain	τῶν κῐξᾰλλῶν tôn kixallôn
Dative	τῷ κῐξᾰ́λλῃ tôi kixállēi	τοῖν κῐξᾰ́λλαιν toîn kixállain	τοῖς κῐξᾰ́λλαις toîs kixállais
Accusative	τὸν κῐξᾰ́λλην tòn kixállēn	τὼ κῐξᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ kixállā	τοὺς κῐξᾰ́λλᾱς toùs kixállās
Vocative	κῐξᾰ́λλη kixállē	κῐξᾰ́λλᾱ kixállā	κῐξᾰ́λλαι kixállai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κῐξᾰλλεύω (kixalleúō)
• κῐξᾰλλῐ́ᾱ (kixallíā)

 

Further reading

• “κιξάλλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κιξάλλης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κιξάλλης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 701