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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπαλέξω (epaléxō) (from ἐπι- (epi-) + ἀλέξω (aléxō)) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /é.palk.sis/ → /ˈe.palk.sis/ → /ˈe.palk.sis/
Noun
ἔπαλξῐς • (épalxis) f (genitive ἐπάλξεως); third declension
- battlement, parapet
- defense, protection
Declension
Further reading
- “ἔπαλξις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔπαλξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔπαλξις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἔπαλξις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἔπαλξις”, 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.