δράξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Retrograde formation from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to grasp, take handfuls”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *dregʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dráks/ → /ðraks/ → /ðraks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dráks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /draks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðraks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðraks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðraks/

Noun

δρᾰ́ξ • (drắx) f (genitive δρᾰκός); third declension

1. fist, clenched hand
2. (astronomy) claw of the constellation Leo
3. handful, fistful, also as unit of measure
4. palm of the hand

   Synonym: παλάμη (palámē)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ δρᾰ́ξ; τῆς δρᾰκός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δρᾰ́ξ hē drắx	τὼ δρᾰ́κε tṑ drắke	αἱ δρᾰ́κες hai drắkes
Genitive	τῆς δρᾰκός tês drăkós	τοῖν δρᾰκοῖν toîn drăkoîn	τῶν δρᾰκῶν tôn drăkôn
Dative	τῇ δρᾰκῐ́ têi drăkĭ́	τοῖν δρᾰκοῖν toîn drăkoîn	ταῖς δρᾰξῐ́ / δρᾰξῐ́ν taîs drăxĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν δρᾰ́κᾰ tḕn drắkă	τὼ δρᾰ́κε tṑ drắke	τᾱ̀ς δρᾰ́κᾰς tā̀s drắkăs
Vocative	δρᾰ́ξ drắx	δρᾰ́κε drắke	δρᾰ́κες drắkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δράξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δράξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δράξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN