νέαξ

See also: νεανίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νέηξ (néēx) — Ionic

Etymology

Deadjectival, from νέος (néos, “young”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /né.aːks/ → /ˈne.aks/ → /ˈne.aks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.aːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.aks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.aks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.aks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.aks/

Noun

νέαξ • (néax) m (genitive νέακος); third declension

1. young man

Declension

Third declension of ὁ νέᾱξ; τοῦ νέᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νέᾱξ ho néāx	τὼ νέᾱκε tṑ néāke	οἱ νέᾱκες hoi néākes
Genitive	τοῦ νέᾱκος toû néākos	τοῖν νεᾱ́κοιν toîn neā́koin	τῶν νεᾱ́κων tôn neā́kōn
Dative	τῷ νέᾱκῐ tôi néāki	τοῖν νεᾱ́κοιν toîn neā́koin	τοῖς νέᾱξῐ / νέᾱξῐν toîs néāxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν νέᾱκᾰ tòn néāka	τὼ νέᾱκε tṑ néāke	τοὺς νέᾱκᾰς toùs néākas
Vocative	νέᾱξ néāx	νέᾱκε néāke	νέᾱκες néākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “νέαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• νέαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “νέαξ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011