πλῆξις

See also: πλέξις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πλᾶξῐς (plâxis) — Doric

Etymology

From πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, smite”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plɛ̂ːk.sis/ → /ˈplik.sis/ → /ˈplik.sis/

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

Noun

πλῆξῐς • (plêxis) f (genitive πλήξεως); third declension

1. percussion, blow (act of striking)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πλῆξῐς; τῆς πλήξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλῆξῐς hē plêxis	τὼ πλήξει tṑ plḗxei	αἱ πλήξεις hai plḗxeis
Genitive	τῆς πλήξεως tês plḗxeōs	τοῖν πληξέοιν toîn plēxéoin	τῶν πλήξεων tôn plḗxeōn
Dative	τῇ πλήξει têi plḗxei	τοῖν πληξέοιν toîn plēxéoin	ταῖς πλήξεσῐ / πλήξεσῐν taîs plḗxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πλῆξῐν tḕn plêxin	τὼ πλήξει tṑ plḗxei	τᾱ̀ς πλήξεις tā̀s plḗxeis
Vocative	πλῆξῐ plêxi	πλήξει plḗxei	πλήξεις plḗxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πλήξη (plíxi)

Further reading

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