οἶδαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ôi̯.daks/ → /ˈy.ðaks/ → /ˈi.ðaks/

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

Noun

οἶδᾰξ • (oîdax) m (genitive οἶδᾱκος); third declension

1. wild fig

   Synonym: φήληξ (phḗlēx)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ οἶδᾰξ; τοῦ οἴδᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ οἶδᾰξ ho oîdax	τὼ οἴδᾱκε tṑ oídāke	οἱ οἴδᾱκες hoi oídākes
Genitive	τοῦ οἴδᾱκος toû oídākos	τοῖν οἰδᾱ́κοιν toîn oidā́koin	τῶν οἰδᾱ́κων tôn oidā́kōn
Dative	τῷ οἴδᾱκῐ tôi oídāki	τοῖν οἰδᾱ́κοιν toîn oidā́koin	τοῖς οἴδᾱξῐ / οἴδᾱξῐν toîs oídāxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν οἴδᾱκᾰ tòn oídāka	τὼ οἴδᾱκε tṑ oídāke	τοὺς οἴδᾱκᾰς toùs oídākas
Vocative	οἶδᾰξ oîdax	οἴδᾱκε oídāke	οἴδᾱκες oídākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “οἶδαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οἶδαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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