ἄδδιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Furnée assumes a substrate word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ád.diks/ → /ˈað.ðiks/ → /ˈa.ðiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ád.diks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈad.diks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈað.ðiks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈað.ðiks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðiks/

Noun

ἄδδῐξ • (áddix) f (genitive ἄδδῐχος); third declension

1. unit of measure corresponding to four χοίνικες (khoínikes)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́δδῐξ; τῆς ᾰ̓́δδῐχος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́δδῐξ hē áddix	τὼ ᾰ̓́δδῐχε tṑ áddikhe	αἱ ᾰ̓́δδῐχες hai áddikhes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́δδῐχος tês áddikhos	τοῖν ᾰ̓δδῐ́χοιν toîn addíkhoin	τῶν ᾰ̓δδῐ́χων tôn addíkhōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́δδῐχῐ têi áddikhi	τοῖν ᾰ̓δδῐ́χοιν toîn addíkhoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́δδῐξῐ / ᾰ̓́δδῐξῐν taîs áddixi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́δδῐχᾰ tḕn áddikha	τὼ ᾰ̓́δδῐχε tṑ áddikhe	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́δδῐχᾰς tā̀s áddikhas
Vocative	ᾰ̓́δδῐξ áddix	ᾰ̓́δδῐχε áddikhe	ᾰ̓́δδῐχες áddikhes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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