πύνδαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn, the same root of πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom”) and Latin fundus (“bottom”). However the medial "-νδ-" is highly problematic, as well as the initial "π-" instead of "φ-" (since it was no longer followed by "θ").

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pýn.daks/ → /ˈpyn.daks/ → /ˈpin.daks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pýn.daks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpyn.daks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyn.daks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyn.daks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpin.daks/

Noun

πύνδᾰξ • (púndax) m (genitive πύνδᾰκος); third declension

1. bottom of a jar, cup or other vessel
2. hilt of a sword

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πῠ́νδᾰξ; τοῦ πῠ́νδᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠ́νδᾰξ ho púndax	τὼ πῠ́νδᾰκε tṑ púndake	οἱ πῠ́νδᾰκες hoi púndakes
Genitive	τοῦ πῠ́νδᾰκος toû púndakos	τοῖν πῠνδᾰ́κοιν toîn pundákoin	τῶν πῠνδᾰ́κων tôn pundákōn
Dative	τῷ πῠ́νδᾰκῐ tôi púndaki	τοῖν πῠνδᾰ́κοιν toîn pundákoin	τοῖς πῠ́νδᾰξῐ / πῠ́νδᾰξῐν toîs púndaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πῠ́νδᾰκᾰ tòn púndaka	τὼ πῠ́νδᾰκε tṑ púndake	τοὺς πῠ́νδᾰκᾰς toùs púndakas
Vocative	πῠ́νδᾰξ púndax	πῠ́νδᾰκε púndake	πῠ́νδᾰκες púndakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “πύνδαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πύνδαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN