βλάξ

See also: βλαξ

Ancient Greek

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-k-s, from *ml̥h₂(e)k- (“weak”), which seems to be a zero-grade k-extension of *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Compare Sanskrit म्लात (mlāta, “softened (of leather)”), Proto-Celtic *mlātis (“tender, soft”), and perhaps Proto-Slavic *mьlčàti (“to be silent”); see also μᾰλᾰκός (malakós, “soft, gentle”).^[1]

βλᾱ́ξ • (blā́x) m or f (neuter —); third declension

Not attested in the neuter.

Third declension of βλᾱ́ξ; — (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	βλᾱ́ξ blā́x	—	βλᾶκε blâke	—	βλᾶκες blâkes	—
Genitive	βλᾱκός blākós	—	βλᾱκοῖν blākoîn	—	βλᾱκῶν blākôn	—
Dative	βλᾱκῐ́ blākí	—	βλᾱκοῖν blākoîn	—	βλᾱξῐ́ / βλᾱξῐ́ν blāxí(n)	—
Accusative	βλᾶκᾰ blâka	—	βλᾶκε blâke	—	βλᾶκᾰς blâkas	—
Vocative	βλᾱ́ξ blā́x	—	βλᾶκε blâke	—	βλᾶκες blâkes	—
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	—		βλᾱκότερος / βλᾱκώτερος blākóteros / blākṓteros		βλᾱκότατος / βλᾱκώτατος / βλᾱκίστατος blākótatos / blākṓtatos / blākístatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βλᾱ́ξ, -κός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 218

βλάξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βλάξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“βλάξ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
“βλάξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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