Πλειστοάναξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλεῖστος (pleîstos, “most, greatest, largest”) +‎ ἄνᾰξ (ánax, “lord, master”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pleːs.to.á.naks/ → /plis.toˈa.naks/ → /plis.toˈa.naks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pleːs.to.á.naks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plis.toˈa.naks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plis.toˈa.naks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plis.toˈa.naks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plis.toˈa.naks/

Proper noun

Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰξ • (Pleistoánax) m (genitive Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰκτος); third declension

1. a male given name: Pleistoanax

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰξ; τοῦ Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰκτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰξ ho Pleistoánax
Genitive	τοῦ Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰκτος toû Pleistoánaktos
Dative	τῷ Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰκτῐ tôi Pleistoánakti
Accusative	τὸν Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰκτᾰ tòn Pleistoánakta
Vocative	Πλειστοᾰ́νᾰξ Pleistoánax
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πλειστοάναξ (Pleistoánax)
• Latin: Pleistoanax

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022