κλῶμαξ
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The formation is similar to λίθαξ (líthax) and βῶλαξ (bôlax). Usually connected with κλάω (kláō, “to break”), by assumption of a verbal noun *κλῶμος (*klômos, “crack, split”). This is unlikely, especially given the by-form κρῶμαξ (krômax, “rocky place”) which shows a typical Pre-Greek variation "ρ/λ".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klɔ̂ː.maks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈklo.maks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈklo.maks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈklo.maks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈklo.maks/
Noun
[edit]κλῶμαξ • (klômax) m (genitive κλώμακος); third declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κλῶμᾰξ ho klômax |
τὼ κλώμᾰκε tṑ klṓmake |
οἱ κλώμᾰκες hoi klṓmakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κλώμᾰκος toû klṓmakos |
τοῖν κλωμᾰ́κοιν toîn klōmákoin |
τῶν κλωμᾰ́κων tôn klōmákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κλώμᾰκῐ tôi klṓmaki |
τοῖν κλωμᾰ́κοιν toîn klōmákoin |
τοῖς κλώμᾰξῐ / κλώμᾰξῐν toîs klṓmaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κλώμᾰκᾰ tòn klṓmaka |
τὼ κλώμᾰκε tṑ klṓmake |
τοὺς κλώμᾰκᾰς toùs klṓmakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κλῶμᾰξ klômax |
κλώμᾰκε klṓmake |
κλώμᾰκες klṓmakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- κλομακόεις (klomakóeis)
Further reading
[edit]- “κλῶμαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλῶμαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
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- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension