ὀποπάναξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀπός (opós, “juice”) + πάναξ (pánax, “name of various healing plants”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.po.pá.naks/ → /o.poˈpa.naks/ → /o.poˈpa.naks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.po.pá.naks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.poˈpa.naks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.poˈpa.naks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.poˈpa.naks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.poˈpa.naks/

Noun

ὀποπάναξ • (opopánax) m (genitive ὀποπάνᾰκος); third declension

1. gum of opopanax

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὀποπᾰ́νᾰξ; τοῦ ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀποπᾰ́νᾰξ ho opopắnăx	τὼ ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκε tṑ opopắnăke	οἱ ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκες hoi opopắnăkes
Genitive	τοῦ ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκος toû opopắnăkos	τοῖν ὀποπᾰνᾰ́κοιν toîn opopănắkoin	τῶν ὀποπᾰνᾰ́κων tôn opopănắkōn
Dative	τῷ ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκῐ tôi opopắnăkĭ	τοῖν ὀποπᾰνᾰ́κοιν toîn opopănắkoin	τοῖς ὀποπᾰ́νᾰξῐ / ὀποπᾰ́νᾰξῐν toîs opopắnăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκᾰ tòn opopắnăkă	τὼ ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκε tṑ opopắnăke	τοὺς ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκᾰς toùs opopắnăkăs
Vocative	ὀποπᾰ́νᾰξ opopắnăx	ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκε opopắnăke	ὀποπᾰ́νᾰκες opopắnăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: opopanax
• → English: opopanax
• →? Middle Armenian: ուպան (upan)
• → Translingual: Opopanax

References

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