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.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pîː.daks/ → /ˈpi.ðaks/ → /ˈpi.ðaks/

• (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 • (pîdax) f (genitive πῑ́δᾰκος); third declension

1. spring, fountain

   Synonyms: κρήνη (krḗnē), κρουνός (krounós), πηγή (pēgḗ)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πῖδᾰξ; τῆς πῑ́δᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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	τοῖν πῑδᾰ́κοιν toîn pīdákoin	ταῖς πῑ́δᾰξῐ / πῑ́δᾰξῐν taîs pī́daxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πῑ́δᾰκᾰ tḕn pī́daka	τὼ πῑ́δᾰκε tṑ pī́dake	τᾱ̀ς πῑ́δᾰκᾰς tā̀s pī́dakas
Vocative	πῖδᾰξ pîdax	πῑ́δᾰκε pī́dake	πῑ́δᾰκες pī́dakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πολῠπῖδᾰξ (polupîdax)
• πῑδᾰκῖτῐς (pīdakîtis)
• πῑδᾰκόεις (pīdakóeis)
• πῑδᾰκώδης (pīdakṓdēs)

 

Further reading

• “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
• 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