πτύξ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From the root of πτύσσω (ptússō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πτύξ (ptúxf (genitive πτῠχός); third declension (chiefly in the plural)

  1. fold (in cloth etc.)
  2. plate (of metal, leather etc.)
  3. leaf (of a writing tablet etc.)
  4. side of a hill, cleft, glen, corrie

Declension

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Further reading

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  • πτύξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πτύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πτύξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • πτύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πτύξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter