τόξον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly a cognate of Latin taxus or borrowed from Persian تخش (taχš, “crossbow”), or both.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /tókʰson/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /tókʰson/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /tóxson/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /tókson/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /tókson/

Noun

τόξον (genitive τόξου) n, second declension; (tokson)

1. bow (weapon for shooting arrows)
2. rainbow
3. arc
4. anything which is bowed or arched

Inflection

Second declension of τόξον, τόξου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τόξον	τόξω	τόξᾰ
Genitive	τόξου	τόξοιν	τόξων
Dative	τόξῳ	τόξοιν	τόξοις
Accusative	τόξον	τόξω	τόξᾰ
Vocative	τόξον	τόξω	τόξᾰ

Derived terms

• τοξότης (toksotēs, “archer”)

Descendants

• English: toxin

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5115