λάλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.laks/ → /ˈla.laks/ → /ˈla.laks/

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

Noun

λᾰ́λᾰξ • (lắlăx) m (genitive λᾰ́λᾰγος); third declension

1. babbler, croaker
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
   1. a name of the green frog
   2. a name of a bird

Declension

Third declension of ὁ λᾰ́λᾰξ; τοῦ λᾰ́λᾰγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰ́λᾰξ ho lắlăx	τὼ λᾰ́λᾰγε tṑ lắlăge	οἱ λᾰ́λᾰγες hoi lắlăges
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰ́λᾰγος toû lắlăgos	τοῖν λᾰλᾰ́γοιν toîn lălắgoin	τῶν λᾰλᾰ́γων tôn lălắgōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰ́λᾰγῐ tôi lắlăgĭ	τοῖν λᾰλᾰ́γοιν toîn lălắgoin	τοῖς λᾰ́λᾰξῐ / λᾰ́λᾰξῐν toîs lắlăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν λᾰ́λᾰγᾰ tòn lắlăgă	τὼ λᾰ́λᾰγε tṑ lắlăge	τοὺς λᾰ́λᾰγᾰς toùs lắlăgăs
Vocative	λᾰ́λᾰξ lắlăx	λᾰ́λᾰγε lắlăge	λᾰ́λᾰγες lắlăges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (chatterer): βάβαξ (bábax)

References

• “λάλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λάλαξ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011