κάρδαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian *kārataka- (literally “army runner”) or *kāratāka- (literally “traveller”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.daks/ → /ˈkar.ðaks/ → /ˈkar.ðaks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.daks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.daks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ðaks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ðaks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ðaks/

Noun

κάρδαξ • (kárdax) m (genitive κάρδᾰκος); third declension

1. A kind of mercenary soldier by the Persians

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κάρδᾰξ; τοῦ κάρδᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κάρδᾰξ ho kárdax	τὼ κάρδᾰκε tṑ kárdake	οἱ κάρδᾰκες hoi kárdakes
Genitive	τοῦ κάρδᾰκος toû kárdakos	τοῖν καρδᾰ́κοιν toîn kardákoin	τῶν καρδᾰ́κων tôn kardákōn
Dative	τῷ κάρδᾰκῐ tôi kárdaki	τοῖν καρδᾰ́κοιν toîn kardákoin	τοῖς κάρδᾰξῐ / κάρδᾰξῐν toîs kárdaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κάρδᾰκᾰ tòn kárdaka	τὼ κάρδᾰκε tṑ kárdake	τοὺς κάρδᾰκᾰς toùs kárdakas
Vocative	κάρδᾰξ kárdax	κάρδᾰκε kárdake	κάρδᾰκες kárdakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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