ἀράξα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.rák.sa/ → /aˈrak.sa/ → /aˈrak.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rák.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.sa/

Noun

ἀράξα • (aráxa) f (genitive ἀράξης); first declension

1. A fabulous plant which grows by the river Araxes

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀρᾰ́ξᾰ; τῆς ἀρᾰ́ξης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρᾰ́ξᾰ hē aráxa	τὼ ἀρᾰ́ξᾱ tṑ aráxā	αἱ ἀρᾰ́ξαι hai aráxai
Genitive	τῆς ἀρᾰ́ξης tês aráxēs	τοῖν ἀρᾰ́ξαιν toîn aráxain	τῶν ἀρᾰξῶν tôn araxôn
Dative	τῇ ἀρᾰ́ξῃ têi aráxēi	τοῖν ἀρᾰ́ξαιν toîn aráxain	ταῖς ἀρᾰ́ξαις taîs aráxais
Accusative	τὴν ἀρᾰ́ξᾰν tḕn aráxan	τὼ ἀρᾰ́ξᾱ tṑ aráxā	τᾱ̀ς ἀρᾰ́ξᾱς tā̀s aráxās
Vocative	ἀρᾰ́ξᾰ aráxa	ἀρᾰ́ξᾱ aráxā	ἀρᾰ́ξαι aráxai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀράξα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀράξα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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