ἴξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably related to ἴψ (íps, “woodworm”) as a Pre-Greek element.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǐːks/ → /iks/ → /iks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǐːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iks/

Noun

ῑ̓́ξ • (ī́x) m (genitive ῑ̓κός); third declension

1. worm or grub that damages the vine

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῑ̓́ξ; τοῦ ῑ̓κός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῑ̓́ξ ho ī́x	τὼ ἶκε tṑ îke	οἱ ἶκες hoi îkes
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̓κός toû īkós	τοῖν ῑ̓κοῖν toîn īkoîn	τῶν ῑ̓κῶν tôn īkôn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̓κῐ́ tôi īkí	τοῖν ῑ̓κοῖν toîn īkoîn	τοῖς ῑ̓ξῐ́ / ῑ̓ξῐ́ν toîs īxí(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἶκᾰ tòn îka	τὼ ἶκε tṑ îke	τοὺς ἶκᾰς toùs îkas
Vocative	ῑ̓́ξ ī́x	ἶκε îke	ἶκες îkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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