κόλαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

A word without established etymology. According to Beekes, it could be of Pre-Greek origin, due to the suffix "-ακ-".

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κόλᾰξ • (kólax) m (genitive κόλᾰκος); third declension (Attic)

  1. 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
    • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Ergocles 4
    • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 240b

Declension
Third declension of ὁ κόλᾰξ; τοῦ κόλᾰκος (Attic)
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 / κόλᾰξῐν
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
  • δημοκόλᾰξ (dēmokólax)
  • κολᾰκείᾱ (kolakeíā)
  • κολᾰκεύω (kolakeúō)
  • Κολᾰκώνῠμος (Kolakṓnumos)
  • κολᾰκῐκός (kolakikós)

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