ἅπαξ
See also: άπαξ
Ancient Greek
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Cardinal : εἷς (heîs) Ordinal : πρῶτος (prôtos) Adverbial : ἅπαξ (hápax) | ||
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-, zero-grade of *sem- (“one”). The second part is obscure, but the word may be some syncope of *ἁ-πακυς, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-pn̥kʷu- (“(lit.) all-one”). See Latin cūnctus.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /há.paks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)a.paks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.paks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.paks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.paks/
Adverb
ᾰ̔́πᾰξ • (hápax)
- once, one time, only once
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 12.22:
- σχέτλιοι, οἳ ζώοντες ὑπήλθετε δῶμ’ Ἀΐδαο,
δισθανέες, ὅτε τ’ ἄλλοι ἅπαξ θνήσκουσ’ ἄνθρωποι.- skhétlioi, hoì zṓontes hupḗlthete dôm’ Aḯdao,
disthanées, hóte t’ álloi hápax thnḗskous’ ánthrōpoi. - You reckless ones, who entered Hades' home while living,
dying twice, when other men only die once!
- skhétlioi, hoì zṓontes hupḗlthete dôm’ Aḯdao,
- σχέτλιοι, οἳ ζώοντες ὑπήλθετε δῶμ’ Ἀΐδαο,
Derived terms
- ἅπαξ λεγόμενον (hápax legómenon)
Descendants
- Greek: άπαξ (ápax)
References
- “ἅπαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἅπαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἅπαξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἅπαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἅπαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἅπαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G530 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- once idem, page 573.
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN