πάλλαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πάλληξ (pállēx)

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from παλλακή (pallakḗ, “concubine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pál.laːks/ → /ˈpal.laks/ → /ˈpa.laks/

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

Noun

πάλλᾱξ • (pállāx) m or f (genitive πάλλᾱκος); third declension

1. youth (young boy or girl)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ πᾰ́λλᾱξ; τοῦ, τῆς πᾰ́λλᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ πᾰ́λλᾱξ ho, hē pắllāx	τὼ πᾰ́λλᾱκε tṑ pắllāke	οἱ, αἱ πᾰ́λλᾱκες hoi, hai pắllākes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς πᾰ́λλᾱκος toû, tês pắllākos	τοῖν πᾰλλᾱ́κοιν toîn păllā́koin	τῶν πᾰλλᾱ́κων tôn păllā́kōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ πᾰ́λλᾱκῐ tôi, têi pắllākĭ	τοῖν πᾰλλᾱ́κοιν toîn păllā́koin	τοῖς, ταῖς πᾰ́λλᾱξῐ / πᾰ́λλᾱξῐν toîs, taîs pắllāxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν πᾰ́λλᾱκᾰ tòn, tḕn pắllākă	τὼ πᾰ́λλᾱκε tṑ pắllāke	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πᾰ́λλᾱκᾰς toùs, tā̀s pắllākăs
Vocative	πᾰ́λλᾱξ pắllāx	πᾰ́λλᾱκε pắllāke	πᾰ́λλᾱκες pắllākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Koine Greek: παλλικάριον (pallikárion)
  • Greek: παλικάρι (palikári)

Further reading

• “πάλλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πάλλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πάλλαξ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011