ἄλλιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word is supposed to be Thessalian, but the origin remains unknown; Latin alicula (“short tunic”) also belongs here.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.liks/ → /ˈal.liks/ → /ˈa.liks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.liks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.liks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.liks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.liks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.liks/

Noun

ἄλλῐξ • (állix) f (genitive ἄλλῐκος); third declension

1. man's upper garment, purple cloak

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́λλῐξ; τῆς ᾰ̓́λλῐκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́λλῐξ hē állix	τὼ ᾰ̓́λλῐκε tṑ állike	αἱ ᾰ̓́λλῐκες hai állikes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́λλῐκος tês állikos	τοῖν ᾰ̓λλῐ́κοιν toîn allíkoin	τῶν ᾰ̓λλῐ́κων tôn allíkōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́λλῐκῐ têi álliki	τοῖν ᾰ̓λλῐ́κοιν toîn allíkoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́λλῐξῐ / ᾰ̓́λλῐξῐν taîs állixi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́λλῐκᾰ tḕn állika	τὼ ᾰ̓́λλῐκε tṑ állike	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́λλῐκᾰς tā̀s állikas
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λλῐξ állix	ᾰ̓́λλῐκε állike	ᾰ̓́λλῐκες állikes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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