πάπραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Has been connected with πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”) and περκνός (perknós, “spotted”), or explained as onomatopoeic after the supposed sound of the fish. According to Beekes, the word may be of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πᾰ́πρᾰξ • (páprax) m (genitive πᾰ́πρᾰκος); third declension

  1. Thracian lake-fish

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ πᾰ́πρᾰξ; τοῦ πᾰ́πρᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πᾰ́πρᾰξ
ho páprax		 τὼ πᾰ́πρᾰκε
tṑ páprake		 οἱ πᾰ́πρᾰκες
hoi páprakes
Genitive τοῦ πᾰ́πρᾰκος
toû páprakos		 τοῖν πᾰπρᾰ́κοιν
toîn paprákoin		 τῶν πᾰπρᾰ́κων
tôn paprákōn
Dative τῷ πᾰ́πρᾰκῐ
tôi pápraki		 τοῖν πᾰπρᾰ́κοιν
toîn paprákoin		 τοῖς πᾰ́πρᾰξῐ / πᾰ́πρᾰξῐν
toîs pápraxi(n)
Accusative τὸν πᾰ́πρᾰκᾰ
tòn pápraka		 τὼ πᾰ́πρᾰκε
tṑ páprake		 τοὺς πᾰ́πρᾰκᾰς
toùs páprakas
Vocative πᾰ́πρᾰξ
páprax		 πᾰ́πρᾰκε
páprake		 πᾰ́πρᾰκες
páprakes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

Paeonian

Noun

πάπραξ (páprax) m

  1. a kind of fish once found in the Thracian lake Prasias
    • Herodotus, The Histories, 5.16

See also
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