σπάδιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπάω (spáō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spǎː.diːks/ → /ˈspa.ðiks/ → /ˈspa.ðiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spǎː.diːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.diks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ðiks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ðiks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ðiks/

Noun

σπᾱ́δῑξ • (spā́dīx) f (genitive σπᾱ́δῑκος); third declension

1. a branch torn off of a tree, especially a palm frond

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπᾱ́δῑξ; τῆς σπᾱ́δῑκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπᾱ́δῑξ hē spā́dīx	τὼ σπᾱ́δῑκε tṑ spā́dīke	αἱ σπᾱ́δῑκες hai spā́dīkes
Genitive	τῆς σπᾱ́δῑκος tês spā́dīkos	τοῖν σπᾱδῑ́κοιν toîn spādī́koin	τῶν σπᾱδῑ́κων tôn spādī́kōn
Dative	τῇ σπᾱ́δῑκῐ têi spā́dīki	τοῖν σπᾱδῑ́κοιν toîn spādī́koin	ταῖς σπᾱ́δῑξῐ / σπᾱ́δῑξῐν taîs spā́dīxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπᾱ́δῑκᾰ tḕn spā́dīka	τὼ σπᾱ́δῑκε tṑ spā́dīke	τᾱ̀ς σπᾱ́δῑκᾰς tā̀s spā́dīkas
Vocative	σπᾱ́δῑξ spā́dīx	σπᾱ́δῑκε spā́dīke	σπᾱ́δῑκες spā́dīkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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