Ἀράξης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed at the end of the 5th century BC from Old Median *Araxs(ā). See Old Armenian Երասխ (Erasx) for more.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.rák.sɛːs/ → /aˈrak.sis/ → /aˈrak.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rák.sɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.se̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈrak.sis/

Proper noun

Ἀράξης • (Aráxēs) m (genitive Ἀράξου); first declension

1. Araxes; Araks, a river in the Caucasus

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀράξης; τοῦ Ἀράξου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀράξης ho Aráxēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀράξου toû Aráxou
Dative	τῷ Ἀράξῃ tôi Aráxēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀράξην tòn Aráxēn
Vocative	Ἀράξη Aráxē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of Ἀράξης; Ἀράξᾱο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἀράξης Aráxēs
Genitive	Ἀράξᾱο / Ἀράξε͜ω / Ἀράξω Aráxāo / Aráxe͜ō / Aráxō
Dative	Ἀράξῃ Aráxēi
Accusative	Ἀράξην Aráxēn
Vocative	Ἀράξη Aráxē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First declension of Ἀράξαι; Ἀραξᾱ́ων (Epic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	Ἀράξαι Aráxai
Genitive	Ἀραξᾱ́ων / Ἀραξέ͜ων / Ἀραξῶν Araxā́ōn / Araxé͜ōn / Araxôn
Dative	Ἀράξῃσῐ / Ἀράξῃσῐν / Ἀράξῃς / Ἀράξαις Aráxēisi(n) / Aráxēis / Aráxais
Accusative	Ἀράξᾱς Aráxās
Vocative	Ἀράξαι Aráxai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First declension of ὁ Ἀράξης; τοῦ Ἀράξεω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀράξης ho Aráxēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀράξεω / Ἀράξω toû Aráxeō / Aráxō
Dative	τῷ Ἀράξῃ tôi Aráxēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀράξην tòn Aráxēn
Vocative	Ἀράξη Aráxē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Armenian: Արաքս (Arakʻs)
• Georgian: არაქსი (araksi)
• Greek: Αράξης (Aráxis)
• Latin: Araxes
• Russian: Аракс (Araks)

References

• Ἀράξης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
• Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 12