παράπυξος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρα- (para-) +‎ πύξος (púxos, “boxwood”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rá.pyk.sos/ → /paˈra.pyk.sos/ → /paˈra.pik.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rá.pyk.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pyk.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pyk.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pyk.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pik.sos/

Adjective

πᾰρᾰ́πῠξος • (părắpŭxos) m or f (neuter πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον); second declension

1. veneered with boxwood

Declension

Second declension of πᾰρᾰ́πῠξος; πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξος părắpŭxos	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον părắpŭxon		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω părăpŭ́xō	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω părăpŭ́xō		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξοι părắpŭxoi	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξᾰ părắpŭxă
Genitive		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξου părăpŭ́xou	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξου părăpŭ́xou		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοιν părăpŭ́xoin	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοιν părăpŭ́xoin		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξων părăpŭ́xōn	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξων părăpŭ́xōn
Dative		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξῳ părăpŭ́xōi	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξῳ părăpŭ́xōi		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοιν părăpŭ́xoin	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοιν părăpŭ́xoin		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοις părăpŭ́xois	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοις părăpŭ́xois
Accusative		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον părắpŭxon	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον părắpŭxon		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω părăpŭ́xō	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω părăpŭ́xō		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξους părăpŭ́xous	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξᾰ părắpŭxă
Vocative		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξε părắpŭxe	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον părắpŭxon		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω părăpŭ́xō	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω părăpŭ́xō		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξοι părắpŭxoi	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξᾰ părắpŭxă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξως părăpŭ́xōs			πᾰρᾰπῠξώτερος părăpŭxṓteros			πᾰρᾰπῠξώτᾰτος părăpŭxṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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