δήξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”), the same root of δάκνω (dáknō, “to bite”), with the influence of σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̌ːks/ → /ðiks/ → /ðiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛ̌ːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝ks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiks/

Noun

δήξ • (dḗx) m or f (genitive δηκός); third declension

1. worm in wood

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ δήξ; τοῦ, τῆς δηκός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ δήξ ho, hē dḗx	τὼ δῆκε tṑ dêke	οἱ, αἱ δῆκες hoi, hai dêkes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς δηκός toû, tês dēkós	τοῖν δηκοῖν toîn dēkoîn	τῶν δηκῶν tôn dēkôn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ δηκῐ́ tôi, têi dēkí	τοῖν δηκοῖν toîn dēkoîn	τοῖς, ταῖς δηξῐ́ / δηξῐ́ν toîs, taîs dēxí(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν δῆκᾰ tòn, tḕn dêka	τὼ δῆκε tṑ dêke	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς δῆκᾰς toùs, tā̀s dêkas
Vocative	δήξ dḗx	δῆκε dêke	δῆκες dêkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Demodex

References

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