βλάξ
See also: βλαξ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-k-s, from *ml̥h₂(e)k- (“weak”), which seems to be a zero-grade k-extension of *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Compare Sanskrit म्लात (mlāta, “softened (of leather)”), Proto-Celtic *mlātis (“tender, soft”), and perhaps Proto-Slavic *mьlčàti (“to be silent”); see also μᾰλᾰκός (malakós, “soft, gentle”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blǎːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /blaks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βlaks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vlaks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vlaks/
Adjective
editβλᾱ́ξ • (blā́x) m or f (neuter —); third declension
- slack, stupid
- (nominalized, m or f) dolt
Declension
editNot attested in the neuter.
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | βλᾱ́ξ blā́x |
— | βλᾶκε blâke |
— | βλᾶκες blâkes |
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Genitive | βλᾱκός blākós |
— | βλᾱκοῖν blākoîn |
— | βλᾱκῶν blākôn |
— | ||||||||
Dative | βλᾱκῐ́ blākí |
— | βλᾱκοῖν blākoîn |
— | βλᾱξῐ́ / βλᾱξῐ́ν blāxí(n) |
— | ||||||||
Accusative | βλᾶκᾰ blâka |
— | βλᾶκε blâke |
— | βλᾶκᾰς blâkas |
— | ||||||||
Vocative | βλᾱ́ξ blā́x |
— | βλᾶκε blâke |
— | βλᾶκες blâkes |
— | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
— | βλᾱκότερος / βλᾱκώτερος blākóteros / blākṓteros |
βλᾱκότατος / βλᾱκώτατος / βλᾱκίστατος blākótatos / blākṓtatos / blākístatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βλᾱ́ξ, -κός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 218
Further reading
edit- βλάξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βλάξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “βλάξ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “βλάξ”, 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.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *melh₂-
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek nominalized adjectives