πτύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of πτύσσω (ptússō).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πτύξ • (ptúx) f (genitive πτῠχός); third declension (chiefly in the plural)

  1. fold (in cloth etc.)
  2. plate (of metal, leather etc.)
  3. leaf (of a writing tablet etc.)
  4. side of a hill, cleft, glen, corrie

Declension
Third declension of ἡ πτῠ́ξ; τῆς πτῠχός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πτῠ́ξ
hē ptúx		 τὼ πτῠ́χε
tṑ ptúkhe		 αἱ πτῠ́χες
hai ptúkhes
Genitive τῆς πτῠχός
tês ptukhós		 τοῖν πτῠχοῖν
toîn ptukhoîn		 τῶν πτῠχῶν
tôn ptukhôn
Dative τῇ πτῠχῐ́
têi ptukhí		 τοῖν πτῠχοῖν
toîn ptukhoîn		 ταῖς πτῠξῐ́ / πτῠξῐ́ν
taîs ptuxí(n)
Accusative τὴν πτῠ́χᾰ
tḕn ptúkha		 τὼ πτῠ́χε
tṑ ptúkhe		 τᾱ̀ς πτῠ́χᾰς
tā̀s ptúkhas
Vocative πτῠ́ξ
ptúx		 πτῠ́χε
ptúkhe		 πτῠ́χες
ptúkhes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “πτύξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • πτύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • πτύξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “πτύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “πτύξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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