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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The formation is like τράφηξ (tráphēx), ὄρπηξ (órpēx) and νάρθηξ (nárthēx). The suffix "-ηξ" often occurs in Pre-Greek words.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̌ː.lɛːks/ → /ˈpi.liks/ → /ˈpi.liks/
Noun
πήληξ • (pḗlēx) f (genitive πήληκος); third declension
- helmet
- crest of the serpent
Inflection
Further reading
- “πήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πήληξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πήληξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πήληξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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