παράπυξος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρα- (para-) +‎ πύξος (púxos, “boxwood”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rá.pyk.sos/ → /paˈra.pyk.sos/ → /paˈra.pik.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rá.pyk.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pyk.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pyk.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pyk.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pik.sos/

Adjective

πᾰρᾰ́πῠξος • (parápuxos) m or f (neuter πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον); second declension

1. veneered with boxwood

Declension

Second declension of πᾰρᾰ́πῠξος; πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξος parápuxos	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον parápuxon		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω parapúxō	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω parapúxō		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξοι parápuxoi	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξᾰ parápuxa
Genitive		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξου parapúxou	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξου parapúxou		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοιν parapúxoin	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοιν parapúxoin		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξων parapúxōn	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξων parapúxōn
Dative		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξῳ parapúxōi	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξῳ parapúxōi		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοιν parapúxoin	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοιν parapúxoin		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοις parapúxois	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξοις parapúxois
Accusative		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον parápuxon	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον parápuxon		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω parapúxō	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω parapúxō		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξους parapúxous	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξᾰ parápuxa
Vocative		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξε parápuxe	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξον parápuxon		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω parapúxō	πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξω parapúxō		πᾰρᾰ́πῠξοι parápuxoi	πᾰρᾰ́πῠξᾰ parápuxa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰρᾰπῠ́ξως parapúxōs			πᾰρᾰπῠξώτερος parapuxṓteros			πᾰρᾰπῠξώτᾰτος parapuxṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παράπυξος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παράπυξος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette