λάβραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λάβρος (lábros, “furious, fierce”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.braːks/ → /ˈla.βraks/ → /ˈla.vraks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.braːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.braks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.βraks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vraks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vraks/

Noun

λάβραξ • (lábrax) m (genitive λάβρᾱκος); third declension

1. European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ λάβρᾱξ; τοῦ λάβρᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λάβρᾱξ ho lábrāx	τὼ λάβρᾱκε tṑ lábrāke	οἱ λάβρᾱκες hoi lábrākes
Genitive	τοῦ λάβρᾱκος toû lábrākos	τοῖν λαβρᾱ́κοιν toîn labrā́koin	τῶν λαβρᾱ́κων tôn labrā́kōn
Dative	τῷ λάβρᾱκῐ tôi lábrāki	τοῖν λαβρᾱ́κοιν toîn labrā́koin	τοῖς λάβρᾱξῐ / λάβρᾱξῐν toîs lábrāxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν λάβρᾱκᾰ tòn lábrāka	τὼ λάβρᾱκε tṑ lábrāke	τοὺς λάβρᾱκᾰς toùs lábrākas
Vocative	λάβρᾱξ lábrāx	λάβρᾱκε lábrāke	λάβρᾱκες lábrākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαβράκιον (labrákion)

Descendants

• Latin: Labrax
• → Old Armenian: ղաբրաքս (łabrakʻs)

Further reading

• “λάβραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press