βῶλαξ

See also: Βῶλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βῶλος (bôlos, “lump, clod of earth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̂ː.laks/ → /ˈβo.laks/ → /ˈvo.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɔ̂ː.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβo.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.laks/

Noun

βῶλᾰξ • (bôlax) f (genitive βώλᾰκος); third declension

1. clod, clump of earth
2. ground, soil

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ βῶλᾰξ; τῆς βώλᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῶλᾰξ hē bôlax	τὼ βώλᾰκε tṑ bṓlake	αἱ βώλᾰκες hai bṓlakes
Genitive	τῆς βώλᾰκος tês bṓlakos	τοῖν βωλᾰ́κοιν toîn bōlákoin	τῶν βωλᾰ́κων tôn bōlákōn
Dative	τῇ βώλᾰκῐ têi bṓlaki	τοῖν βωλᾰ́κοιν toîn bōlákoin	ταῖς βώλᾰξῐ / βώλᾰξῐν taîs bṓlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν βώλᾰκᾰ tḕn bṓlaka	τὼ βώλᾰκε tṑ bṓlake	τᾱ̀ς βώλᾰκᾰς tā̀s bṓlakas
Vocative	βῶλᾰξ bôlax	βώλᾰκε bṓlake	βώλᾰκες bṓlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ (eribôlax)

Further reading

• “βῶλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βῶλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βῶλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)