καταῖτυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formally reminiscent of ἄντυξ (ántux). A Semitic connection is proposed by Lewy, but unconvincing according to Frisk. Ultimately, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tâi̯.tyks/ → /kaˈtɛ.tyks/ → /kaˈte.tiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tâi̯.tyks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈtɛ.tyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈtɛ.tyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈte.tyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈte.tiks/

Noun

κᾰταῖτῠξ • (kataîtux) f (genitive κᾰταίτῠγος); third declension

1. leather helmet or skullcap

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰταῖτῠξ; τῆς κᾰταίτῠγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰταῖτῠξ hē kataîtux	τὼ κᾰταίτῠγε tṑ kataítuge	αἱ κᾰταίτῠγες hai kataítuges
Genitive	τῆς κᾰταίτῠγος tês kataítugos	τοῖν κᾰταιτῠ́γοιν toîn kataitúgoin	τῶν κᾰταιτῠ́γων tôn kataitúgōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰταίτῠγῐ têi kataítugi	τοῖν κᾰταιτῠ́γοιν toîn kataitúgoin	ταῖς κᾰταίτῠξῐ / κᾰταίτῠξῐν taîs kataítuxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰταίτῠγᾰ tḕn kataítuga	τὼ κᾰταίτῠγε tṑ kataítuge	τᾱ̀ς κᾰταίτῠγᾰς tā̀s kataítugas
Vocative	κᾰταῖτῠξ kataîtux	κᾰταίτῠγε kataítuge	κᾰταίτῠγες kataítuges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “καταῖτυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καταῖτυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “καταῖτυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• καταῖτυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καταῖτυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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