βάβαξ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editOnomatopoeic word, like βαβάζω (babázō, “to speak inarticulately”), βάβιον (bábion, “child”), βάβακοι (bábakoi, “cicadas”) and βάβαλον (bábalon, “shouter”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bá.baks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈba.baks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβa.βaks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈva.vaks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈva.vaks/
Noun
editβᾰ́βᾰξ • (bábax) m (genitive βᾰ́βᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βᾰ́βᾰξ ho bábax |
τὼ βᾰ́βᾰκε tṑ bábake |
οἱ βᾰ́βᾰκες hoi bábakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βᾰ́βᾰκος toû bábakos |
τοῖν βᾰβᾰ́κοιν toîn babákoin |
τῶν βᾰβᾰ́κων tôn babákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βᾰ́βᾰκῐ tôi bábaki |
τοῖν βᾰβᾰ́κοιν toîn babákoin |
τοῖς βᾰ́βᾰξῐ / βᾰ́βᾰξῐν toîs bábaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βᾰ́βᾰκᾰ tòn bábaka |
τὼ βᾰ́βᾰκε tṑ bábake |
τοὺς βᾰ́βᾰκᾰς toùs bábakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰ́βᾰξ bábax |
βᾰ́βᾰκε bábake |
βᾰ́βᾰκες bábakes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “βάβαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βάβαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βάβαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN