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κλῖμαξ
κλῖμαξ
Ancient Greek
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /klímaxs/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /klímaks/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /klímaks/
Noun
κλῖμαξ • (klîmax) f (genitive κλίμακος); third declension
- ladder
- staircase
- torture instrument shaped like a ladder
- a certain wrestling move
- (rhetoric) climax
- the blocks of wood placed above the wheels of a chariot
Inflection
Third declension of κλῖμαξ, κλίμᾰκος
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | κλῖμαξ | κλίμᾰκε | κλίμᾰκες |
| Genitive | κλίμᾰκος | κλῑμάκοιν | κλῑμάκων |
| Dative | κλίμᾰκῐ | κλῑμάκοιν | κλίμαξῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | κλίμᾰκᾰ | κλίμᾰκε | κλίμᾰκᾰς |
| Vocative | κλῖμαξ | κλίμᾰκε | κλίμᾰκες |
References
- κλῖμαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλῖμαξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κλῖμαξ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «κλῖμαξ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «κλῖμαξ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- κλῖμαξ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- «κλῖμαξ» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.