παξαμᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Πάξαμος (Páxamos), the name of a baker.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pak.sa.mâːs/ → /pak.saˈmas/ → /pak.saˈmas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pak.sa.mâːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pak.saˈmas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pak.saˈmas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pak.saˈmas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pak.saˈmas/

Noun

πᾰξᾰμᾶς • (paxamâs) m (genitive πᾰξᾰμᾶ); first declension

1. sort of biscuit

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πᾰξᾰμᾶς; τοῦ πᾰξᾰμᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰξᾰμᾶς ho paxamâs	τὼ πᾰξᾰμᾶ tṑ paxamâ	οἱ πᾰξᾰμαῖ hoi paxamaî
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰξᾰμᾶ toû paxamâ	τοῖν πᾰξᾰμαῖν toîn paxamaîn	τῶν πᾰξᾰμῶν tôn paxamôn
Dative	τῷ πᾰξᾰμᾷ tôi paxamâi	τοῖν πᾰξᾰμαῖν toîn paxamaîn	τοῖς πᾰξᾰμαῖς toîs paxamaîs
Accusative	τὸν πᾰξᾰμᾶν tòn paxamân	τὼ πᾰξᾰμᾶ tṑ paxamâ	τοὺς πᾰξᾰμᾶς toùs paxamâs
Vocative	πᾰξᾰμᾶ paxamâ	πᾰξᾰμᾶ paxamâ	πᾰξᾰμαῖ paxamaî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παξαμάδιον (paxamádion)

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: παξιμάδι (paximádi)
• ⇒ Classical Syriac: pkswmˀ, pkswmṭyˀ

Further reading

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