κόλαξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κόραξ (kórax)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.laks/
Noun
κόλᾰξ • (kólax) m (genitive κόλᾰκος); third declension
(Attic)
- flatterer, fawner
- 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 756
- ἑκατὸν δὲ κύκλῳ κεφαλαὶ κολάκων οἰμωξομένων ἐλιχμῶντο / περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν
- hekatòn dè kúklōi kephalaì kolákōn oimōxoménōn elikhmônto / perì tḕn kephalḗn
- ἑκατὸν δὲ κύκλῳ κεφαλαὶ κολάκων οἰμωξομένων ἐλιχμῶντο / περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν
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Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κόλᾰξ ho kólax |
τὼ κόλᾰκε tṑ kólake |
οἱ κόλᾰκες hoi kólakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κόλᾰκος toû kólakos |
τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν toîn kolákoin |
τῶν κολᾰ́κων tôn kolákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κόλᾰκῐ tôi kólaki |
τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν toîn kolákoin |
τοῖς κόλᾰξῐ(ν) toîs kólaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόλᾰκᾰ tòn kólaka |
τὼ κόλᾰκε tṑ kólake |
τοὺς κόλᾰκᾰς toùs kólakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόλᾰξ kólax |
κόλᾰκε kólake |
κόλᾰκες kólakes | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- κολᾰκείᾱ (kolakeíā)
- κολᾰκεύω (kolakeúō)
- κολᾰκῐκός (kolakikós)
- Κολᾰκώνῠμος (Kolakṓnumos)
References
- κόλαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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