πόρπαξ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πόρπη (pórpē, “brooch, clasp”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πόρπᾰξ • (pórpax) m (genitive πόρπᾱκος); third declension

  1. handle of a shield, probably a ring or loop inside the shield, which could be taken out at pleasure
  2. part of the headgear of a horse
  3. (surgery) surgical fibula

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πόρπᾰξ; τοῦ πόρπᾱκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πόρπᾰξ
ho pórpax 		τὼ πόρπᾱκε
tṑ pórpāke 		οἱ πόρπᾱκες
hoi pórpākes
Genitive τοῦ πόρπᾱκος
toû pórpākos 		τοῖν πορπᾱ́κοιν
toîn porpā́koin 		τῶν πορπᾱ́κων
tôn porpā́kōn
Dative τῷ πόρπᾱκῐ
tôi pórpāki 		τοῖν πορπᾱ́κοιν
toîn porpā́koin 		τοῖς πόρπᾱξῐ / πόρπᾱξῐν
toîs pórpāxi(n)
Accusative τὸν πόρπᾱκᾰ
tòn pórpāka 		τὼ πόρπᾱκε
tṑ pórpāke 		τοὺς πόρπᾱκᾰς
toùs pórpākas
Vocative πόρπᾰξ
pórpax 		πόρπᾱκε
pórpāke 		πόρπᾱκες
pórpākes
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