μέταξα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.tak.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.tak.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.tak.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.tak.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.tak.sa/
Noun
μέταξα • (métaxa) f (genitive μετάξης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μέταξᾰ hē métaxa |
τὼ μετάξᾱ tṑ metáxā |
αἱ μέταξαι hai métaxai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μετάξης tês metáxēs |
τοῖν μετάξαιν toîn metáxain |
τῶν μεταξῶν tôn metaxôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μετάξῃ têi metáxēi |
τοῖν μετάξαιν toîn metáxain |
ταῖς μετάξαις taîs metáxais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μέταξᾰν tḕn métaxan |
τὼ μετάξᾱ tṑ metáxā |
τᾱ̀ς μετάξᾱς tā̀s metáxās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μέταξᾰ métaxa |
μετάξᾱ metáxā |
μέταξαι métaxai | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- μετάξιον (metáxion)
Descendants
See also
- σηρικός (sērikós, “silken”)
Further reading
- μέταξα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μέταξα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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