σάμαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like οἶσαξ (oîsax), but further unexplained. Belardi rightly rejects a connection with Proto-Indo-European *sam- (“water,sea, swamp”). The suffix rather shows Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.maks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.maks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.maks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.maks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.maks/

Noun

σᾰ́μᾰξ • (sắmăx) m (genitive σᾰ́μᾰκος); third declension

rush-mat, used as a bed in war
Synonyms: κάνης (kánēs), ψίαθος (psíathos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σᾰ́μᾰξ; τοῦ σᾰ́μᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σᾰ́μᾰξ ho sắmăx	τὼ σᾰ́μᾰκε tṑ sắmăke	οἱ σᾰ́μᾰκες hoi sắmăkes
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰ́μᾰκος toû sắmăkos	τοῖν σᾰμᾰ́κοιν toîn sămắkoin	τῶν σᾰμᾰ́κων tôn sămắkōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰ́μᾰκῐ tôi sắmăkĭ	τοῖν σᾰμᾰ́κοιν toîn sămắkoin	τοῖς σᾰ́μᾰξῐ / σᾰ́μᾰξῐν toîs sắmăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν σᾰ́μᾰκᾰ tòn sắmăkă	τὼ σᾰ́μᾰκε tṑ sắmăke	τοὺς σᾰ́μᾰκᾰς toùs sắmăkăs
Vocative	σᾰ́μᾰξ sắmăx	σᾰ́μᾰκε sắmăke	σᾰ́μᾰκες sắmăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σαμάκιον (samákion)

“σάμαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σάμαξ 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