δοῖδυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The suffix -ῡκ- is typical of Pre-Greek words.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dôi̯.dyks/ → /ˈðy.ðyks/ → /ˈði.ðiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dôi̯.dyks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdy.dyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðy.ðyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðy.ðyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.ðiks/

Noun

δοῖδυξ • (doîdux) m (genitive δοίδῡκος); third declension

1. pestle

   Synonyms: ἄκμων (ákmōn), ἀλετρίβανος (aletríbanos), κόπανον (kópanon), λάκτις (láktis), ναγεύς (nageús), ὕπερος (húperos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δοῖδῠξ; τοῦ δοίδῡκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δοῖδῠξ ho doîdux	τὼ δοίδῡκε tṑ doídūke	οἱ δοίδῡκες hoi doídūkes
Genitive	τοῦ δοίδῡκος toû doídūkos	τοῖν δοιδῡ́κοιν toîn doidū́koin	τῶν δοιδῡ́κων tôn doidū́kōn
Dative	τῷ δοίδῡκῐ tôi doídūki	τοῖν δοιδῡ́κοιν toîn doidū́koin	τοῖς δοίδῡξῐ / δοίδῡξῐν toîs doídūxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δοίδῡκᾰ tòn doídūka	τὼ δοίδῡκε tṑ doídūke	τοὺς δοίδῡκᾰς toùs doídūkas
Vocative	δοῖδῠξ doîdux	δοίδῡκε doídūke	δοίδῡκες doídūkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δοιδυκοποιός (doidukopoiós)
• δοιδυκοφόβα (doidukophóba)

 

Further reading

• “δοῖδυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δοῖδυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δοῖδυξ 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