ἄλλιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word is supposed to be Thessalian, but the origin remains unknown; Latin alicula (“short tunic”) also belongs here.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.liks/ → /ˈal.liks/ → /ˈa.liks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.liks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.liks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.liks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.liks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.liks/

Noun

ἄλλῐξ • (állĭx) f (genitive ἄλλῐκος); third declension

1. man's upper garment, purple cloak

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́λλῐξ; τῆς ᾰ̓́λλῐκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓́λλῐξ hē ắllĭx	τὼ ᾰ̓́λλῐκε tṑ ắllĭke	αἱ ᾰ̓́λλῐκες hai ắllĭkes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓́λλῐκος tês ắllĭkos	τοῖν ᾰ̓λλῐ́κοιν toîn ăllĭ́koin	τῶν ᾰ̓λλῐ́κων tôn ăllĭ́kōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓́λλῐκῐ têi ắllĭkĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓λλῐ́κοιν toîn ăllĭ́koin	ταῖς ᾰ̓́λλῐξῐ / ᾰ̓́λλῐξῐν taîs ắllĭxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓́λλῐκᾰ tḕn ắllĭkă	τὼ ᾰ̓́λλῐκε tṑ ắllĭke	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́λλῐκᾰς tā̀s ắllĭkăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λλῐξ ắllĭx	ᾰ̓́λλῐκε ắllĭke	ᾰ̓́λλῐκες ắllĭkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄλλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄλλιξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλλιξ 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