πτώξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Backformation from πτώσσω (ptṓssō, “to cower, crouch, cringe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptɔ̌ːks/ → /ptoks/ → /ptoks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ptɔ̌ːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ptoks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ptoks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ptoks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ptoks/

Noun

πτώξ • (ptṓx) m (genitive πτωκός); third declension

1. cowering animal, hare

   Synonyms: δᾰσῠ́πους (dasúpous), λᾰγώς (lagṓs)

2. (figuratively) coward

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πτώξ; τοῦ πτωκός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πτώξ ho ptṓx	τὼ πτῶκε tṑ ptôke	οἱ πτῶκες hoi ptôkes
Genitive	τοῦ πτωκός toû ptōkós	τοῖν πτωκοῖν toîn ptōkoîn	τῶν πτωκῶν tôn ptōkôn
Dative	τῷ πτωκῐ́ tôi ptōkí	τοῖν πτωκοῖν toîn ptōkoîn	τοῖς πτωξῐ́ / πτωξῐ́ν toîs ptōxí(n)
Accusative	τὸν πτῶκᾰ tòn ptôka	τὼ πτῶκε tṑ ptôke	τοὺς πτῶκᾰς toùs ptôkas
Vocative	πτώξ ptṓx	πτῶκε ptôke	πτῶκες ptôkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πτώξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πτώξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette