παξαμᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

• (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 • (păxămâs) m (genitive πᾰξᾰμᾶ); first declension(Koine)

1. sort of biscuit

Inflection

First declension of ὁ πᾰξᾰμᾶς; τοῦ πᾰξᾰμᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰξᾰμᾶς ho păxămâs	τὼ πᾰξᾰμᾶ tṑ păxămâ	οἱ πᾰξᾰμαῖ hoi păxămaî
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰξᾰμᾶ toû păxămâ	τοῖν πᾰξᾰμαῖν toîn păxămaîn	τῶν πᾰξᾰμῶν tôn păxămôn
Dative	τῷ πᾰξᾰμᾷ tôi păxămâi	τοῖν πᾰξᾰμαῖν toîn păxămaîn	τοῖς πᾰξᾰμαῖς toîs păxămaîs
Accusative	τὸν πᾰξᾰμᾶν tòn păxămân	τὼ πᾰξᾰμᾶ tṑ păxămâ	τοὺς πᾰξᾰμᾶς toùs păxămâs
Vocative	πᾰξᾰμᾶ păxămâ	πᾰξᾰμᾶ păxămâ	πᾰξᾰμαῖ păxămaî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παξαμάδιον (paxamádion)

Descendants

• ⇒ Byzantine Greek: ἀπαξιμάδιν (apaximádin), παξιμάδιον (paximádion), παξιμάδιν (paximádin), παξιμάδα (paximáda), παξαμίτης (paxamítēs)
• ⇒ Greek: παξιμάδι (paximádi)
• ⇒ Classical Syriac: [script needed] (pkswmˀ), [script needed] (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