Ἄλεξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλέξω (aléxō) +‎ -ις (-is).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.lek.sis/ → /ˈa.lek.sis/ → /ˈa.lek.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.lek.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lek.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lek.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lek.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lek.sis/

Proper noun

Ἄλεξῐς • (Álexis) m (genitive Ἀλέξιδος); third declension

1. a male given name meaning “helper, defender”, equivalent to English Alexis

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἄλεξῐς; τοῦ Ἀλέξῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἄλεξῐς ho Álexis
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀλέξῐδος toû Aléxidos
Dative	τῷ Ἀλέξῐδῐ tôi Aléxidi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀλέξῐδᾰ tòn Aléxida
Vocative	Ἄλεξῐς Álexis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios)

Further reading

• Ἄλεξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἄλεξις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἄλεξις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011