πάλλαξ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from παλλακή (pallakḗ, “concubine”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πάλλᾱξ • (pállāx) m or f (genitive πάλλᾱκος); third declension

  1. youth (young boy or girl)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ πά̆λλᾱξ; τοῦ, τῆς πᾰ́λλᾱκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ πά̆λλᾱξ
ho, hē pállāx 		τὼ πᾰ́λλᾱκε
tṑ pállāke 		οἱ, αἱ πᾰ́λλᾱκες
hoi, hai pállākes
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς πᾰ́λλᾱκος
toû, tês pállākos 		τοῖν πᾰλλᾱ́κοιν
toîn pallā́koin 		τῶν πᾰλλᾱ́κων
tôn pallā́kōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ πᾰ́λλᾱκῐ
tôi, têi pállāki 		τοῖν πᾰλλᾱ́κοιν
toîn pallā́koin 		τοῖς, ταῖς πᾰ́λλᾱξῐ / πᾰ́λλᾱξῐν
toîs, taîs pállāxi(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν πᾰ́λλᾱκᾰ
tòn, tḕn pállāka 		τὼ πᾰ́λλᾱκε
tṑ pállāke 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πᾰ́λλᾱκᾰς
toùs, tā̀s pállākas
Vocative πά̆λλᾱξ
pállāx 		πᾰ́λλᾱκε
pállāke 		πᾰ́λλᾱκες
pállākes
Notes:

Descendants

  • ⇒ Koine Greek: παλλικάριον (pallikárion)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “παλλακή (> DER > πάλλαξ)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1147

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