πῆξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “I stick, I fix”) +‎ -σις (-sis, suffix to form a feminine noun).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̂ːk.sis/ → /ˈpik.sis/ → /ˈpik.sis/

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

Noun

πῆξις • (pêxis) f (genitive πήξεως); third declension

1. fixing, putting together
2. solidity, fixity
   1. coagulation, freezing; formation of gum in plants

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πῆξῐς; τῆς πήξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῆξῐς hē pêxis	τὼ πήξει tṑ pḗxei	αἱ πήξεις hai pḗxeis
Genitive	τῆς πήξεως tês pḗxeōs	τοῖν πηξέοιν toîn pēxéoin	τῶν πήξεων tôn pḗxeōn
Dative	τῇ πήξει têi pḗxei	τοῖν πηξέοιν toîn pēxéoin	ταῖς πήξεσῐ / πήξεσῐν taîs pḗxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πῆξῐν tḕn pêxin	τὼ πήξει tṑ pḗxei	τᾱ̀ς πήξεις tā̀s pḗxeis
Vocative	πῆξῐ pêxi	πήξει pḗxei	πήξεις pḗxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: -pexy

References

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