ἀμάμαξυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἁμάμαξυς (hamámaxus)

Etymology

Furnée compares ἀμαξίς (amaxís, “grape-vine”), which must be correct. It is a typical Pre-Greek word, showing reduplication. This word has also been compared to Hittite [script needed] (mahla, “grapevine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.má.mak.sys/ → /aˈma.mak.sys/ → /aˈma.mak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.má.mak.sys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈma.mak.sys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.mak.sys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.mak.sys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.mak.sis/

Noun

ἀμάμαξῠς • (amámaxus) f (genitive ἀμᾰμάξῠος); third declension

1. vine trained on two poles

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀμᾰ́μαξῠς; τῆς ἀμᾰμάξῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀμᾰ́μαξῠς hē amámaxus	τὼ ἀμᾰμάξῠε tṑ amamáxue	αἱ ἀμᾰμάξῠες hai amamáxues
Genitive	τῆς ἀμᾰμάξῠος tês amamáxuos	τοῖν ἀμᾰμαξῠ́οιν toîn amamaxúoin	τῶν ἀμᾰμαξῠ́ων tôn amamaxúōn
Dative	τῇ ἀμᾰμάξῠῐ̈ / ἀμᾰμάξυι têi amamáxuï / amamáxui	τοῖν ἀμᾰμαξῠ́οιν toîn amamaxúoin	ταῖς ἀμᾰμάξῠσῐ / ἀμᾰμάξῠσῐν taîs amamáxusi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀμᾰ́μαξῠν tḕn amámaxun	τὼ ἀμᾰμάξῠε tṑ amamáxue	τᾱ̀ς ἀμᾰμάξῡς / ἀμᾰμάξῠᾰς tā̀s amamáxūs / amamáxuas
Vocative	ἀμᾰ́μαξῠ amámaxu	ἀμᾰμάξῠε amamáxue	ἀμᾰμάξῠες amamáxues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀμάμαξυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμάμαξυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀμάμαξυς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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