λάταξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *lat- (“wet, damp; swamp”) or Pre-Greek through an intermediary source such as Illyrian. Compare Albanian Albanian lag from Proto-Albanian *lauga. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

λᾰ́τᾰξ • (látax) f (genitive λᾰ́τᾰγος); third declension

1. (usually in the plural) the drops of wine in the bottom of the cup which were thrown into a basin with a splash
2. a water-quadruped, perhaps beaver

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾰ́τᾰξ; τῆς λᾰ́τᾰγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰ́τᾰξ hē látax	τὼ λᾰ́τᾰγε tṑ látage	αἱ λᾰ́τᾰγες hai látages
Genitive	τῆς λᾰ́τᾰγος tês látagos	τοῖν λᾰτᾰ́γοιν toîn latágoin	τῶν λᾰτᾰ́γων tôn latágōn
Dative	τῇ λᾰ́τᾰγῐ têi látagi	τοῖν λᾰτᾰ́γοιν toîn latágoin	ταῖς λᾰ́τᾰξῐ / λᾰ́τᾰξῐν taîs látaxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰ́τᾰγᾰ tḕn látaga	τὼ λᾰ́τᾰγε tṑ látage	τᾱ̀ς λᾰ́τᾰγᾰς tā̀s látagas
Vocative	λᾰ́τᾰξ látax	λᾰ́τᾰγε látage	λᾰ́τᾰγες látages
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →? Latin: latex (see there for further descendants)

See also

• κότταβος (kóttabos)

References

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