πάλαξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰλᾰ́σσω (palássō, “to besprinkle, defile”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.lak.sis/ → /ˈpa.lak.sis/ → /ˈpa.lak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.lak.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lak.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lak.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lak.sis/

Noun

πᾰ́λᾰξῐς • (pálaxis) f (genitive πᾰλᾰ́ξεως); third declension

1. laying on of a preliminary coat of paint, priming

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πᾰ́λᾰξῐς; τῆς πᾰλᾰ́ξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰ́λᾰξῐς hē pálaxis	τὼ πᾰλᾰ́ξει tṑ paláxei	αἱ πᾰλᾰ́ξεις hai paláxeis
Genitive	τῆς πᾰλᾰ́ξεως tês paláxeōs	τοῖν πᾰλᾰξέοιν toîn palaxéoin	τῶν πᾰλᾰ́ξεων tôn paláxeōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰλᾰ́ξει têi paláxei	τοῖν πᾰλᾰξέοιν toîn palaxéoin	ταῖς πᾰλᾰ́ξεσῐ / πᾰλᾰ́ξεσῐν taîs paláxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰ́λᾰξῐν tḕn pálaxin	τὼ πᾰλᾰ́ξει tṑ paláxei	τᾱ̀ς πᾰλᾰ́ξεις tā̀s paláxeis
Vocative	πᾰ́λᾰξῐ pálaxi	πᾰλᾰ́ξει paláxei	πᾰλᾰ́ξεις paláxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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