πτύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of πτύσσω (ptússō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptýks/ → /ptyks/ → /ptiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ptýks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ptyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ptyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ptyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ptiks/

Noun

πτύξ • (ptúx) f (genitive πτῠχός); third declension (chiefly in the plural)

1. fold (in cloth etc.)
2. plate (of metal, leather etc.)
3. leaf (of a writing tablet etc.)
4. side of a hill, cleft, glen, corrie

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πτῠ́ξ; τῆς πτῠχός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πτῠ́ξ hē ptŭ́x	τὼ πτῠ́χε tṑ ptŭ́khe	αἱ πτῠ́χες hai ptŭ́khes
Genitive	τῆς πτῠχός tês ptŭkhós	τοῖν πτῠχοῖν toîn ptŭkhoîn	τῶν πτῠχῶν tôn ptŭkhôn
Dative	τῇ πτῠχῐ́ têi ptŭkhĭ́	τοῖν πτῠχοῖν toîn ptŭkhoîn	ταῖς πτῠξῐ́ / πτῠξῐ́ν taîs ptŭxĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν πτῠ́χᾰ tḕn ptŭ́khă	τὼ πτῠ́χε tṑ ptŭ́khe	τᾱ̀ς πτῠ́χᾰς tā̀s ptŭ́khăs
Vocative	πτῠ́ξ ptŭ́x	πτῠ́χε ptŭ́khe	πτῠ́χες ptŭ́khes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• πτύξις (ptúxis)
• πτῠχή (ptŭkhḗ)

Further reading

• “πτύξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πτύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πτύξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πτύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πτύξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter