λάλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.laks/ → /ˈla.laks/ → /ˈla.laks/

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

Noun

λᾰ́λᾰξ • (lálax) m (genitive λᾰ́λᾰγος); third declension

1. babbler, croaker
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
   1. a name of the green frog
   2. a name of a bird

Declension

Third declension of ὁ λᾰ́λᾰξ; τοῦ λᾰ́λᾰγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰ́λᾰξ ho lálax	τὼ λᾰ́λᾰγε tṑ lálage	οἱ λᾰ́λᾰγες hoi lálages
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰ́λᾰγος toû lálagos	τοῖν λᾰλᾰ́γοιν toîn lalágoin	τῶν λᾰλᾰ́γων tôn lalágōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰ́λᾰγῐ tôi lálagi	τοῖν λᾰλᾰ́γοιν toîn lalágoin	τοῖς λᾰ́λᾰξῐ / λᾰ́λᾰξῐν toîs lálaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν λᾰ́λᾰγᾰ tòn lálaga	τὼ λᾰ́λᾰγε tṑ lálage	τοὺς λᾰ́λᾰγᾰς toùs lálagas
Vocative	λᾰ́λᾰξ lálax	λᾰ́λᾰγε lálage	λᾰ́λᾰγες lálages
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (chatterer): βάβαξ (bábax)

References

• “λάλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press