πάλλαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πάλληξ (pállēx)

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from παλλακή (pallakḗ, “concubine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pál.laːks/ → /ˈpal.laks/ → /ˈpa.laks/

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

Noun

πάλλᾱξ • (pállāx) m or f (genitive πάλλᾱκος); third declension

1. youth (young boy or girl)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ πά̆λλᾱξ; τοῦ, τῆς πᾰ́λλᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ πά̆λλᾱξ ho, hē pállāx	τὼ πᾰ́λλᾱκε tṑ pállāke	οἱ, αἱ πᾰ́λλᾱκες hoi, hai pállākes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς πᾰ́λλᾱκος toû, tês pállākos	τοῖν πᾰλλᾱ́κοιν toîn pallā́koin	τῶν πᾰλλᾱ́κων tôn pallā́kōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ πᾰ́λλᾱκῐ tôi, têi pállāki	τοῖν πᾰλλᾱ́κοιν toîn pallā́koin	τοῖς, ταῖς πᾰ́λλᾱξῐ / πᾰ́λλᾱξῐν toîs, taîs pállāxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν πᾰ́λλᾱκᾰ tòn, tḕn pállāka	τὼ πᾰ́λλᾱκε tṑ pállāke	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πᾰ́λλᾱκᾰς toùs, tā̀s pállākas
Vocative	πά̆λλᾱξ pállāx	πᾰ́λλᾱκε pállāke	πᾰ́λλᾱκες pállākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Koine Greek: παλλικάριον (pallikárion)
  • Greek: παλικάρι (palikári)

Further reading

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