Μάξυες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mák.sy.es/ → /ˈmak.sy.es/ → /ˈmak.si.es/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mák.sy.es/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.sy.es/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.sy.es/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.sy.es/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.si.es/

Proper noun

Μᾰ́ξῠες • (Máxues) m (genitive Μᾰξῠ́ων); third declension

1. Maxyes, a Libyan tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Inflection

Third declension of οἱ Μᾰ́ξῠες; τῶν Μᾰξῠ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Μᾰ́ξῠες hoi Máxues
Genitive	τῶν Μᾰξῠ́ων tôn Maxúōn
Dative	τοῖς Μᾰ́ξῠσῐ / Μᾰ́ξῠσῐν toîs Máxusi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς Μᾰ́ξῡς / Μᾰ́ξῠᾰς toùs Máxūs / Máxuas
Vocative	Μᾰ́ξῠες Máxues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Maxyes

Further reading

• Μάξυες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette