δράξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Retrograde formation from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to grasp, take handfuls”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *dregʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dráks/ → /ðraks/ → /ðraks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dráks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /draks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðraks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðraks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðraks/

Noun

δρᾰ́ξ • (dráx) f (genitive δρᾰκός); third declension

1. fist, clenched hand
2. (astronomy) claw of the constellation Leo
3. handful, fistful, also as unit of measure
4. palm of the hand

   Synonym: παλάμη (palámē)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δρᾰ́ξ; τῆς δρᾰκός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δρᾰ́ξ hē dráx	τὼ δρᾰ́κε tṑ dráke	αἱ δρᾰ́κες hai drákes
Genitive	τῆς δρᾰκός tês drakós	τοῖν δρᾰκοῖν toîn drakoîn	τῶν δρᾰκῶν tôn drakôn
Dative	τῇ δρᾰκῐ́ têi drakí	τοῖν δρᾰκοῖν toîn drakoîn	ταῖς δρᾰξῐ́ / δρᾰξῐ́ν taîs draxí(n)
Accusative	τὴν δρᾰ́κᾰ tḕn dráka	τὼ δρᾰ́κε tṑ dráke	τᾱ̀ς δρᾰ́κᾰς tā̀s drákas
Vocative	δρᾰ́ξ dráx	δρᾰ́κε dráke	δρᾰ́κες drákes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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