σπάλαξ

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

ἀσπᾰ́λᾰξ (aspắlăx), ἀσφᾰ́λᾰξ (asphắlăx)
σφᾰ́λᾰξ (sphắlăx)

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spá.laks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.laks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.laks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.laks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.laks/

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Noun

σπᾰ́λᾰξ • (spắlăx) f (genitive σπᾰ́λᾰκος); third declension

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπᾰ́λᾰξ; τῆς σπᾰ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπᾰ́λᾰξ hē spắlăx	τὼ σπᾰ́λᾰκε tṑ spắlăke	αἱ σπᾰ́λᾰκες hai spắlăkes
Genitive	τῆς σπᾰ́λᾰκος tês spắlăkos	τοῖν σπᾰλᾰ́κοιν toîn spălắkoin	τῶν σπᾰλᾰ́κων tôn spălắkōn
Dative	τῇ σπᾰ́λᾰκῐ têi spắlăkĭ	τοῖν σπᾰλᾰ́κοιν toîn spălắkoin	ταῖς σπᾰ́λᾰξῐ / σπᾰ́λᾰξῐν taîs spắlăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπᾰ́λᾰκᾰ tḕn spắlăkă	τὼ σπᾰ́λᾰκε tṑ spắlăke	τᾱ̀ς σπᾰ́λᾰκᾰς tā̀s spắlăkăs
Vocative	σπᾰ́λᾰξ spắlăx	σπᾰ́λᾰκε spắlăke	σπᾰ́λᾰκες spắlăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

(Spalax microphthalmus): σκᾰ́λοψ (skắlops), σιφνεύς (siphneús), πᾰλᾰμίς (pălămís), ἴνδουρος (índouros)

Derived terms

σπαλακία (spalakía)
σπαλακορύπαινα (spalakorúpaina)
σπαλακός (spalakós)

Descendants

Translingual: Spalax, Spalacolestes, Spalacolestinae, Spalacotheriidae, Spalacotheridium, Spalacotherium, Spalacotheroides,

References

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