πόρπαξ

See also: Πόρπαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πόρπη (pórpē, “brooch, clasp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pór.paks/ → /ˈpor.paks/ → /ˈpor.paks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pór.paks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.paks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.paks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.paks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.paks/

Noun

πόρπᾰξ • (pórpax) m (genitive πόρπᾱκος); third declension

1. handle of a shield, probably a ring or loop inside the shield, which could be taken out at pleasure
2. part of the headgear of a horse
3. (surgery) surgical fibula

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πόρπᾰξ; τοῦ πόρπᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πόρπᾰξ ho pórpax	τὼ πόρπᾱκε tṑ pórpāke	οἱ πόρπᾱκες hoi pórpākes
Genitive	τοῦ πόρπᾱκος toû pórpākos	τοῖν πορπᾱ́κοιν toîn porpā́koin	τῶν πορπᾱ́κων tôn porpā́kōn
Dative	τῷ πόρπᾱκῐ tôi pórpāki	τοῖν πορπᾱ́κοιν toîn porpā́koin	τοῖς πόρπᾱξῐ / πόρπᾱξῐν toîs pórpāxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πόρπᾱκᾰ tòn pórpāka	τὼ πόρπᾱκε tṑ pórpāke	τοὺς πόρπᾱκᾰς toùs pórpākas
Vocative	πόρπᾰξ pórpax	πόρπᾱκε pórpāke	πόρπᾱκες pórpākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πορπᾱκῐ́ζομαι (porpākízomai)

Further reading

• “πόρπαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πόρπαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πόρπαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette