The word has been compared with Lithuanian vilkti (“to drag, haul”) and Proto-Slavic *velťi (“to draw”). Beekes claims that the variants point to a Pre-Greek origin, in particular a form *alʷ-ak-.[1][2]
αὖλᾰξ • (aûlax) f (genitive αὔλᾰκος); third declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ αὖλᾰξ hē aûlax |
τὼ αὔλᾰκε tṑ aúlake |
αἱ αὔλᾰκες hai aúlakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς αὔλᾰκος tês aúlakos |
τοῖν αὐλᾰ́κοιν toîn aulákoin |
τῶν αὐλᾰ́κων tôn aulákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ αὔλᾰκῐ têi aúlaki |
τοῖν αὐλᾰ́κοιν toîn aulákoin |
ταῖς αὔλᾰξῐ / αὔλᾰξῐν taîs aúlaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν αὔλᾰκᾰ tḕn aúlaka |
τὼ αὔλᾰκε tṑ aúlake |
τᾱ̀ς αὔλᾰκᾰς tā̀s aúlakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | αὖλᾰξ aûlax |
αὔλᾰκε aúlake |
αὔλᾰκες aúlakes | ||||||||||
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