Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-k-s, from *ml̥h₂(e)k- (“weak”), which seems to be a zero-grade k-extension of *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Compare Sanskrit म्लात (mlāta, “softened (of leather)”), Proto-Celtic *mlātis (“tender, soft”), and perhaps Proto-Slavic *mьlčàti (“to be silent”); see also μᾰλᾰκός (mălăkós, “soft, gentle”).[1]
βλᾱ́ξ • (blā́x) m or f (neuter —); third declension
Not attested in the neuter.
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | βλᾱ́ξ blā́x |
— | βλᾶκε blâke |
— | βλᾶκες blâkes |
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Genitive | βλᾱκός blākós |
— | βλᾱκοῖν blākoîn |
— | βλᾱκῶν blākôn |
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Dative | βλᾱκῐ́ blākĭ́ |
— | βλᾱκοῖν blākoîn |
— | βλᾱξῐ́ / βλᾱξῐ́ν blāxĭ́(n) |
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Accusative | βλᾶκᾰ blâkă |
— | βλᾶκε blâke |
— | βλᾶκᾰς blâkăs |
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Vocative | βλᾱ́ξ blā́x |
— | βλᾶκε blâke |
— | βλᾶκες blâkes |
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Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
— | βλᾱκότερος / βλᾱκώτερος blākóteros / blākṓteros |
βλᾱκότατος / βλᾱκώτατος / βλᾱκίστατος blākótatos / blākṓtatos / blākístatos | ||||||||||||
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