πήληξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is like τράφηξ (tráphēx), ὄρπηξ (órpēx) and νάρθηξ (nárthēx). The suffix "-ηξ" often occurs in Pre-Greek words.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̌ː.lɛːks/ → /ˈpi.liks/ → /ˈpi.liks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛ̌ː.lɛːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe̝.le̝ks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.liks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.liks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.liks/

Noun

πήληξ • (pḗlēx) f (genitive πήληκος); third declension

1. helmet
2. crest of the serpent

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πήληξ; τῆς πήληκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πήληξ hē pḗlēx	τὼ πήληκε tṑ pḗlēke	αἱ πήληκες hai pḗlēkes
Genitive	τῆς πήληκος tês pḗlēkos	τοῖν πηλήκοιν toîn pēlḗkoin	τῶν πηλήκων tôn pēlḗkōn
Dative	τῇ πήληκῐ têi pḗlēki	τοῖν πηλήκοιν toîn pēlḗkoin	ταῖς πήληξῐ / πήληξῐν taîs pḗlēxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πήληκᾰ tḕn pḗlēka	τὼ πήληκε tṑ pḗlēke	τᾱ̀ς πήληκᾰς tā̀s pḗlēkas
Vocative	πήληξ pḗlēx	πήληκε pḗlēke	πήληκες pḗlēkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πήληξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πήληξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πήληξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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