δημοκόλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “people, mob”) +‎ κόλᾰξ (kólax, “flatterer, fawner”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.kó.laks/ → /ði.moˈko.laks/ → /ði.moˈko.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.kó.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.moˈko.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈko.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈko.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈko.laks/

Noun

δημοκόλᾰξ • (dēmokólax) m (genitive δημοκόλᾰκος); third declension

1. mob-flatterer

Declension

Third declension of ὁ δημοκόλᾰξ; τοῦ δημοκόλᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δημοκόλᾰξ ho dēmokólax	τὼ δημοκόλᾰκε tṑ dēmokólake	οἱ δημοκόλᾰκες hoi dēmokólakes
Genitive	τοῦ δημοκόλᾰκος toû dēmokólakos	τοῖν δημοκολᾰ́κοιν toîn dēmokolákoin	τῶν δημοκολᾰ́κων tôn dēmokolákōn
Dative	τῷ δημοκόλᾰκῐ tôi dēmokólaki	τοῖν δημοκολᾰ́κοιν toîn dēmokolákoin	τοῖς δημοκόλᾰξῐ / δημοκόλᾰξῐν toîs dēmokólaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δημοκόλᾰκᾰ tòn dēmokólaka	τὼ δημοκόλᾰκε tṑ dēmokólake	τοὺς δημοκόλᾰκᾰς toùs dēmokólakas
Vocative	δημοκόλᾰξ dēmokólax	δημοκόλᾰκε dēmokólake	δημοκόλᾰκες dēmokólakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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