κόλαξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κόραξ (kórax)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.laks/
Noun
κόλᾰξ • (kólax) m (genitive κόλᾰκος); third declension (Attic)
- flatterer, fawner
- 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 756:
- ἑκατὸν δὲ κύκλῳ κεφαλαὶ κολάκων οἰμωξομένων ἐλιχμῶντο / περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν
- hekatòn dè kúklōi kephalaì kolákōn oimōxoménōn elikhmônto / perì tḕn kephalḗn
- ἑκατὸν δὲ κύκλῳ κεφαλαὶ κολάκων οἰμωξομένων ἐλιχμῶντο / περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κόλᾰξ ho kólax |
τὼ κόλᾰκε tṑ kólake |
οἱ κόλᾰκες hoi kólakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κόλᾰκος toû kólakos |
τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν toîn kolákoin |
τῶν κολᾰ́κων tôn kolákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κόλᾰκῐ tôi kólaki |
τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν toîn kolákoin |
τοῖς κόλᾰξῐ / κόλᾰξῐν toîs kólaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κόλᾰκᾰ tòn kólaka |
τὼ κόλᾰκε tṑ kólake |
τοὺς κόλᾰκᾰς toùs kólakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόλᾰξ kólax |
κόλᾰκε kólake |
κόλᾰκες kólakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κολᾰκείᾱ (kolakeíā)
- κολᾰκεύω (kolakeúō)
- κολᾰκῐκός (kolakikós)
- Κολᾰκώνῠμος (Kolakṓnumos)
References
- “κόλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
Categories:
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
- Attic Greek
- Ancient Greek terms with quotations