βῶλαξ

See also: Βῶλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βῶλος (bôlos, “lump, clod of earth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̂ː.laks/ → /ˈβo.laks/ → /ˈvo.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɔ̂ː.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβo.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.laks/

Noun

βῶλᾰξ • (bôlăx) f (genitive βώλᾰκος); third declension

1. clod, clump of earth
2. ground, soil

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ βῶλᾰξ; τῆς βώλᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βῶλᾰξ hē bôlăx	τὼ βώλᾰκε tṑ bṓlăke	αἱ βώλᾰκες hai bṓlăkes
Genitive	τῆς βώλᾰκος tês bṓlăkos	τοῖν βωλᾰ́κοιν toîn bōlắkoin	τῶν βωλᾰ́κων tôn bōlắkōn
Dative	τῇ βώλᾰκῐ têi bṓlăkĭ	τοῖν βωλᾰ́κοιν toîn bōlắkoin	ταῖς βώλᾰξῐ / βώλᾰξῐν taîs bṓlăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν βώλᾰκᾰ tḕn bṓlăkă	τὼ βώλᾰκε tṑ bṓlăke	τᾱ̀ς βώλᾰκᾰς tā̀s bṓlăkăs
Vocative	βῶλᾰξ bôlăx	βώλᾰκε bṓlăke	βώλᾰκες bṓlăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ (erĭbôlăx)

Further reading

• “βῶλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βῶλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βῶλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)