Ὁμηρομάστιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “Homer”) +‎ μάστῑξ (mástīx, “scourge”), literally “Homer’s scourge”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.mɛː.ro.más.tiːks/ → /o.mi.roˈmas.tiks/ → /o.mi.roˈmas.tiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.mɛː.ro.más.tiːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)o.me̝.roˈmas.tiks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.mi.roˈmas.tiks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.mi.roˈmas.tiks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.mi.roˈmas.tiks/

Proper noun

Ὁμηρομάστῑξ • (Homēromástīx) f (genitive Ὁμηρομάστῑγος); third declension

1. An epithet of Zoilus, an Ancient Greek grammarian who was a censorious critic of Homer.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ὁμηρομάστῑξ; τῆς Ὁμηρομάστῑγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ὁμηρομάστῑξ hē Homēromástīx
Genitive	τῆς Ὁμηρομάστῑγος tês Homēromástīgos
Dative	τῇ Ὁμηρομάστῑγῐ têi Homēromástīgi
Accusative	τὴν Ὁμηρομάστῑγᾰ tḕn Homēromástīga
Vocative	Ὁμηρομάστῑξ Homēromástīx
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Ὁμηρομάστῑξ • (Homēromástīx) f (genitive Ὁμηρομάστῑγος); third declension

1. any critic of Homer

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ὁμηρομάστῑξ; τῆς Ὁμηρομάστῑγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ὁμηρομάστῑξ hē Homēromástīx	τὼ Ὁμηρομάστῑγε tṑ Homēromástīge	αἱ Ὁμηρομάστῑγες hai Homēromástīges
Genitive	τῆς Ὁμηρομάστῑγος tês Homēromástīgos	τοῖν Ὁμηρομαστῑ́γοιν toîn Homēromastī́goin	τῶν Ὁμηρομαστῑ́γων tôn Homēromastī́gōn
Dative	τῇ Ὁμηρομάστῑγῐ têi Homēromástīgi	τοῖν Ὁμηρομαστῑ́γοιν toîn Homēromastī́goin	ταῖς Ὁμηρομάστῑξῐ / Ὁμηρομάστῑξῐν taîs Homēromástīxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Ὁμηρομάστῑγᾰ tḕn Homēromástīga	τὼ Ὁμηρομάστῑγε tṑ Homēromástīge	τᾱ̀ς Ὁμηρομάστῑγᾰς tā̀s Homēromástīgas
Vocative	Ὁμηρομάστῑξ Homēromástīx	Ὁμηρομάστῑγε Homēromástīge	Ὁμηρομάστῑγες Homēromástīges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Homēromastīx

Further reading

• “Ὁμηρομάστιξ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “Ὁμηρομάστιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press