πήληξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is like τράφηξ (tráphēx), ὄρπηξ (órpēx) and νάρθηξ (nárthēx). The suffix "-ηξ" often occurs in Pre-Greek words.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πήληξ • (pḗlēx) f (genitive πήληκος); third declension

  1. helmet
  2. crest of the serpent

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ πήληξ; τῆς πήληκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πήληξ
hē pḗlēx		 τὼ πήληκε
tṑ pḗlēke		 αἱ πήληκες
hai pḗlēkes
Genitive τῆς πήληκος
tês pḗlēkos		 τοῖν πηλήκοιν
toîn pēlḗkoin		 τῶν πηλήκων
tôn pēlḗkōn
Dative τῇ πήληκῐ
têi pḗlēki		 τοῖν πηλήκοιν
toîn pēlḗkoin		 ταῖς πήληξῐ / πήληξῐν
taîs pḗlēxi(n)
Accusative τὴν πήληκᾰ
tḕn pḗlēka		 τὼ πήληκε
tṑ pḗlēke		 τᾱ̀ς πήληκᾰς
tā̀s pḗlēkas
Vocative πήληξ
pḗlēx		 πήληκε
pḗlēke		 πήληκες
pḗlēkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “πήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “πήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “πήληξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πήληξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πήληξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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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