κιξάλλης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κῐ́ξᾰλης (kĭ́xălēs), κῐττᾰ́λης (kĭttắlēs)

Etymology

The formation is reminiscent of καβάλλης (kabállēs) and δαμάλης (damálēs). According to Hoffmann, the word was Anatolian, but it is a clear example of Pre-Greek word, in view of the variants.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kik.sál.lɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kikˈsal.le̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cikˈsal.lis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cikˈsal.lis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cikˈsa.lis/

Noun

κῐξᾰ́λλης • (kĭxắllēs) m (genitive κῐξᾰ́λλου); first declension

highway robber, pirate, thief

Inflection

First declension of ὁ κῐξᾰ́λλης; τοῦ κῐξᾰ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῐξᾰ́λλης ho kĭxắllēs	τὼ κῐξᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ kĭxắllā	οἱ κῐξᾰ́λλαι hoi kĭxắllai
Genitive	τοῦ κῐξᾰ́λλου toû kĭxắllou	τοῖν κῐξᾰ́λλαιν toîn kĭxắllain	τῶν κῐξᾰλλῶν tôn kĭxăllôn
Dative	τῷ κῐξᾰ́λλῃ tôi kĭxắllēi	τοῖν κῐξᾰ́λλαιν toîn kĭxắllain	τοῖς κῐξᾰ́λλαις toîs kĭxắllais
Accusative	τὸν κῐξᾰ́λλην tòn kĭxắllēn	τὼ κῐξᾰ́λλᾱ tṑ kĭxắllā	τοὺς κῐξᾰ́λλᾱς toùs kĭxắllās
Vocative	κῐξᾰ́λλη kĭxắllē	κῐξᾰ́λλᾱ kĭxắllā	κῐξᾰ́λλαι kĭxắllai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κῐξᾰλλεύω (kĭxălleúō)
κῐξᾰλλῐ́ᾱ (kĭxăllĭ́ā)

“κιξάλλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κιξάλλης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κιξάλλης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 701