Identical with Latin līmax (“snail”), which is probably a Greek loan, but also with Proto-Slavic *slimakъ (“snail”). Thus, it has to be a derivative in -ak- of the m-stem in Proto-Germanic *slīmą (“slime, mucus”), Latin līmus (“mud, slime”) and Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).
λεῖμᾰξ • (leîmax) f (genitive λείμᾰκος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ λεῖμᾰξ hē leîmax |
τὼ λείμᾰκε tṑ leímake |
αἱ λείμᾰκες hai leímakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λείμᾰκος tês leímakos |
τοῖν λειμᾰ́κοιν toîn leimákoin |
τῶν λειμᾰ́κων tôn leimákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λείμᾰκῐ têi leímaki |
τοῖν λειμᾰ́κοιν toîn leimákoin |
ταῖς λείμᾰξῐ / λείμᾰξῐν taîs leímaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λείμᾰκᾰ tḕn leímaka |
τὼ λείμᾰκε tṑ leímake |
τᾱ̀ς λείμᾰκᾰς tā̀s leímakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λεῖμᾰξ leîmax |
λείμᾰκε leímake |
λείμᾰκες leímakes | ||||||||||
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