ἔπαλξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπαλέξω (epaléxō) (from ἐπι- (epi-) + ἀλέξω (aléxō)) + -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.palk.sis/ → /ˈe.palk.sis/ → /ˈe.palk.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.palk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.palk.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.palk.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.palk.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.palk.sis/

Noun

ἔπαλξῐς • (épalxis) f (genitive ἐπάλξεως); third declension

1. battlement, parapet
2. defense, protection

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἔπᾰλξῐς; τῆς ἐπᾰ́λξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔπᾰλξῐς hē épalxis	τὼ ἐπᾰ́λξει tṑ epálxei	αἱ ἐπᾰ́λξεις hai epálxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπᾰ́λξεως tês epálxeōs	τοῖν ἐπᾰλξέοιν toîn epalxéoin	τῶν ἐπᾰ́λξεων tôn epálxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπᾰ́λξει têi epálxei	τοῖν ἐπᾰλξέοιν toîn epalxéoin	ταῖς ἐπᾰ́λξεσῐ / ἐπᾰ́λξεσῐν taîs epálxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔπᾰλξῐν tḕn épalxin	τὼ ἐπᾰ́λξει tṑ epálxei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπᾰ́λξεις tā̀s epálxeis
Vocative	ἔπᾰλξῐ épalxi	ἐπᾰ́λξει epálxei	ἐπᾰ́λξεις epálxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἔπαλξις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔπαλξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔπαλξις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἔπαλξις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἔπαλξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bulwark idem, page 103.
  • defence idem, page 204.
  • parapet idem, page 592.
  • protection idem, page 653.
  • rampart idem, page 670.
  • shelter idem, page 764.
  • turret idem, page 902.