πρόξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• προκᾰ́ς (prokás)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Ancient Greek περκνός (perknós, “dusky”) and Proto-Germanic *farwō (“colour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /próks/ → /proks/ → /proks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /próks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proks/

Noun

πρόξ • (próx) f (genitive προκός); third declension

1. roe deer

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πρόξ; τῆς προκός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πρόξ hē próx	τὼ πρόκε tṑ próke	αἱ πρόκες hai prókes
Genitive	τῆς προκός tês prokós	τοῖν προκοῖν toîn prokoîn	τῶν προκῶν tôn prokôn
Dative	τῇ προκῐ́ têi prokí	τοῖν προκοῖν toîn prokoîn	ταῖς προξῐ́ / προξῐ́ν taîs proxí(n)
Accusative	τὴν πρόκᾰ tḕn próka	τὼ πρόκε tṑ próke	τᾱ̀ς πρόκᾰς tā̀s prókas
Vocative	πρόξ próx	πρόκε próke	πρόκες prókes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πρόξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πρόξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN