κάλυξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps related to καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), despite the difference in the final consonant. The expected form would be *κάλυψ (*kálups).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ká.lyks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.lyks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.lyks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.lyks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.liks/
Noun
κᾰ́λῠξ • (kálux) f or m (genitive κᾰ́λῠκος); third declension
- (in the plural) Some kind of woman's ornament
- A covering of a flower or fruit: calyx, husk, shell, pod
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Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ κᾰ́λῠξ ho, hē kálux |
τὼ κᾰ́λῠκε tṑ káluke |
οἱ, αἱ κᾰ́λῠκες hoi, hai kálukes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς κᾰ́λῠκος toû, tês kálukos |
τοῖν κᾰλῠ́κοιν toîn kalúkoin |
τῶν κᾰλῠ́κων tôn kalúkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ κᾰ́λῠκῐ tôi, têi káluki |
τοῖν κᾰλῠ́κοιν toîn kalúkoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς κᾰ́λῠξῐ / κᾰ́λῠξῐν toîs, taîs káluxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν κᾰ́λῠκᾰ tòn, tḕn káluka |
τὼ κᾰ́λῠκε tṑ káluke |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́λῠκᾰς toùs, tā̀s kálukas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́λῠξ kálux |
κᾰ́λῠκε káluke |
κᾰ́λῠκες kálukes | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (Alkanet): ἄγχουσα (ánkhousa)
Descendants
References
- “κάλυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κάλυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κάλυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κάλυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek nouns with multiple genders
- grc:Flowers