σάμαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like οἶσαξ (oîsax), but further unexplained. Belardi rightly rejects a connection with Proto-Indo-European *sam- (“water,sea, swamp”). The suffix rather shows Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.maks/ → /ˈsa.maks/ → /ˈsa.maks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.maks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.maks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.maks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.maks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.maks/

Noun

σᾰ́μᾰξ • (sámax) m (genitive σᾰ́μᾰκος); third declension

1. rush-mat, used as a bed in war

   Synonyms: κάνης (kánēs), ψίαθος (psíathos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σᾰ́μᾰξ; τοῦ σᾰ́μᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σᾰ́μᾰξ ho sámax	τὼ σᾰ́μᾰκε tṑ sámake	οἱ σᾰ́μᾰκες hoi sámakes
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰ́μᾰκος toû sámakos	τοῖν σᾰμᾰ́κοιν toîn samákoin	τῶν σᾰμᾰ́κων tôn samákōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰ́μᾰκῐ tôi sámaki	τοῖν σᾰμᾰ́κοιν toîn samákoin	τοῖς σᾰ́μᾰξῐ / σᾰ́μᾰξῐν toîs sámaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σᾰ́μᾰκᾰ tòn sámaka	τὼ σᾰ́μᾰκε tṑ sámake	τοὺς σᾰ́μᾰκᾰς toùs sámakas
Vocative	σᾰ́μᾰξ sámax	σᾰ́μᾰκε sámake	σᾰ́μᾰκες sámakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σαμάκιον (samákion)

Further reading

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