ἄδδιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Furnée assumes a substrate word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ád.diks/ → /ˈað.ðiks/ → /ˈa.ðiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ád.diks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈad.diks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈað.ðiks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈað.ðiks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðiks/

Noun

ἄδδῐξ • (áddĭx) f (genitive ἄδδῐχος); third declension

1. unit of measure corresponding to four χοίνικες (khoínikes)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́δδῐξ; τῆς ᾰ̓́δδῐχος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́δδῐξ hē ắddĭx	τὼ ᾰ̓́δδῐχε tṑ ắddĭkhe	αἱ ᾰ̓́δδῐχες hai ắddĭkhes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́δδῐχος tês ắddĭkhos	τοῖν ᾰ̓δδῐ́χοιν toîn ăddĭ́khoin	τῶν ᾰ̓δδῐ́χων tôn ăddĭ́khōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́δδῐχῐ têi ắddĭkhĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓δδῐ́χοιν toîn ăddĭ́khoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́δδῐξῐ / ᾰ̓́δδῐξῐν taîs ắddĭxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́δδῐχᾰ tḕn ắddĭkhă	τὼ ᾰ̓́δδῐχε tṑ ắddĭkhe	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́δδῐχᾰς tā̀s ắddĭkhăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓́δδῐξ ắddĭx	ᾰ̓́δδῐχε ắddĭkhe	ᾰ̓́δδῐχες ắddĭkhes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄδδιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄδδιξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• 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