δρίλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /drí.laks/ → /ˈðri.laks/ → /ˈðri.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drí.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdri.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.laks/

Noun

δρῐ́λᾰξ • (drílax) m (genitive δρῐ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. (in Elis) leech

   Synonym: βδέλλᾰ (bdélla)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δρῐ́λᾰξ; τοῦ δρῐ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δρῐ́λᾰξ ho drílax	τὼ δρῐ́λᾰκε tṑ drílake	οἱ δρῐ́λᾰκες hoi drílakes
Genitive	τοῦ δρῐ́λᾰκος toû drílakos	τοῖν δρῐλᾰ́κοιν toîn drilákoin	τῶν δρῐλᾰ́κων tôn drilákōn
Dative	τῷ δρῐ́λᾰκῐ tôi drílaki	τοῖν δρῐλᾰ́κοιν toîn drilákoin	τοῖς δρῐ́λᾰξῐ / δρῐ́λᾰξῐν toîs drílaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δρῐ́λᾰκᾰ tòn drílaka	τὼ δρῐ́λᾰκε tṑ drílake	τοὺς δρῐ́λᾰκᾰς toùs drílakas
Vocative	δρῐ́λᾰξ drílax	δρῐ́λᾰκε drílake	δρῐ́λᾰκες drílakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δρίλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δρίλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Hesychius' Lexicon: δ