αὖλαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄλοξ (álox), ὦλαξ (ôlax) (Doric)

Etymology

The word has been compared with Lithuanian vilkti (“to drag, haul”) and Proto-Slavic *velťi (“to draw”). Beekes claims that the variants point to a Pre-Greek origin, in particular a form *alʷ-ak-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /âu̯.laks/ → /ˈa.βlaks/ → /ˈa.vlaks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /âu̯.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.βlaks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vlaks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vlaks/

Noun

αὖλᾰξ • (aûlax) f (genitive αὔλᾰκος); third declension

1. furrow

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ αὖλᾰξ; τῆς αὔλᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αὖλᾰξ hē aûlax	τὼ αὔλᾰκε tṑ aúlake	αἱ αὔλᾰκες hai aúlakes
Genitive	τῆς αὔλᾰκος tês aúlakos	τοῖν αὐλᾰ́κοιν toîn aulákoin	τῶν αὐλᾰ́κων tôn aulákōn
Dative	τῇ αὔλᾰκῐ têi aúlaki	τοῖν αὐλᾰ́κοιν toîn aulákoin	ταῖς αὔλᾰξῐ / αὔλᾰξῐν taîs aúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν αὔλᾰκᾰ tḕn aúlaka	τὼ αὔλᾰκε tṑ aúlake	τᾱ̀ς αὔλᾰκᾰς tā̀s aúlakas
Vocative	αὖλᾰξ aûlax	αὔλᾰκε aúlake	αὔλᾰκες aúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αὐλακεργάτης (aulakergátēs)
• αὐλακίζω (aulakízō)
• αὐλακισμός (aulakismós)
• αὐλακοειδής (aulakoeidḗs)
• αὐλακόεις (aulakóeis)
• αὐλακοτομέω (aulakotoméō)
• αὐλακώδης (aulakṓdēs)

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: αύλακα (ávlaka), αυλάκι (avláki) (from a Koine diminutive αὐλάκιον (aulákion))
• → Latin: aulax

Further reading

• “αὖλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αὖλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αὖλαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• αὖλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette