βάμβαξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βάμβηξ (bámbēx)
- βάμβιξ (bámbix)
- πάμβαξ (pámbax)
Etymology
Herodotus describes the word as Indian, while Theophrastus says that it was found near the Persian Gulf. From the same root are Middle Persian pmbk', Old Armenian բամբակ (bambak) and Ottoman Turkish پاموق (pamuk).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bám.baks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbam.baks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβam.baks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvam.baks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvam.baks/
Noun
βάμβαξ • (bámbax) m (genitive βάμβακος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βάμβαξ ho bámbax |
τὼ βάμβακε tṑ bámbake |
οἱ βάμβακες hoi bámbakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βάμβακος toû bámbakos |
τοῖν βαμβάκοιν toîn bambákoin |
τῶν βαμβάκων tôn bambákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βάμβακῐ tôi bámbaki |
τοῖν βαμβάκοιν toîn bambákoin |
τοῖς βάμβαξῐ / βάμβαξῐν toîs bámbaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βάμβακᾰ tòn bámbaka |
τὼ βάμβακε tṑ bámbake |
τοὺς βάμβακᾰς toùs bámbakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βάμβαξ bámbax |
βάμβακε bámbake |
βάμβακες bámbakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βαμβάκινος (bambákinos)
- βαμβάκιον (bambákion)
- βαμβακοειδής (bambakoeidḗs)
Descendants
- ⇒ Byzantine Greek: βαμβάκιον (bambákion)
- → Late Latin: bombax, bambax, bombix, bambix, *bombacum
Further reading
- βάμβαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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
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