κλῖμαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλίνω (klinō, “I bend, lean”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /klí͜imakʰs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /klíːmakʰs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /klímaxs/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /klímaks/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /klímaks/

Noun

κλῖμαξ (genitive κλίμακος) f, third declension; (klīmaks)

1. ladder
2. staircase
3. torture instrument shaped like a ladder
4. a certain wrestling move
5. (rhetoric) climax
6. the blocks of wood placed above the wheels of a chariot

Inflection

Third declension of κλῖμαξ, κλίμᾰκος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κλῖμαξ	κλίμᾰκε	κλίμᾰκες
Genitive	κλίμᾰκος	κλῑμάκοιν	κλῑμάκων
Dative	κλίμᾰκῐ	κλῑμάκοιν	κλίμαξῐ(ν)
Accusative	κλίμᾰκᾰ	κλίμᾰκε	κλίμᾰκᾰς
Vocative	κλῖμαξ	κλίμᾰκε	κλίμᾰκες

References

• LSJ