"πόρπαξ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πόρπαξ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pór.paks/, /ˈpor.paks/, /ˈpor.paks/, /pór.paks/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpor.paks/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpor.paks/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpor.paks/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpor.paks/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From πόρπη (pórpē, “brooch, clasp”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|πόρπᾱκος|m|third|head=πόρπᾰξ}} πόρπᾰξ • (pórpăx) m (genitive πόρπᾱκος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πόρπᾰξ|πόρπᾱκος|form=M}} Forms: πόρπᾰξ [canonical], pórpăx [romanization], πόρπᾱκος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ πόρπᾰξ [nominative, singular], πόρπᾱκε [dual, nominative], οἱ πόρπᾱκες [nominative, plural], τοῦ πόρπᾱκος [genitive, singular], πορπᾱ́κοιν [dual, genitive], πορπᾱ́κων [genitive, plural], τῷ πόρπᾱκῐ [dative, singular], πορπᾱ́κοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς πόρπᾱξῐ [dative, plural], πόρπᾱξῐν [dative, plural], toîs pórpāxĭ [dative, plural], toîs pórpāxĭn [dative, plural], τὸν πόρπᾱκᾰ [accusative, singular], πόρπᾱκε [accusative, dual], τοὺς πόρπᾱκᾰς [accusative, plural], πόρπᾰξ [singular, vocative], πόρπᾱκε [dual, vocative], πόρπᾱκες [plural, vocative]
  1. handle of a shield, probably a ring or loop inside the shield, which could be taken out at pleasure
    Sense id: en-πόρπαξ-grc-noun-in9zpLur Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Horse tack Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 61 11 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 3 7 Disambiguation of Horse tack: 57 43 1
  2. part of the headgear of a horse
    Sense id: en-πόρπαξ-grc-noun-Pxfvfk14
  3. (surgery) surgical fibula
    Sense id: en-πόρπαξ-grc-noun-Dq92gIHO Categories (other): Surgery, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 35 17 48 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: πορπᾱκῐ́ζομαι (porpākĭ́zomai)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "porpākĭ́zomai",
      "word": "πορπᾱκῐ́ζομαι"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From πόρπη (pórpē, “brooch, clasp”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "πόρπᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pórpăx",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρπᾱκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ πόρπᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho pórpăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρπᾱκε",
      "roman": "pórpāke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πόρπᾱκες",
      "roman": "hoi pórpākes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πόρπᾱκος",
      "roman": "toû pórpākos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πορπᾱ́κοιν",
      "roman": "porpā́koin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πορπᾱ́κων",
      "roman": "porpā́kōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πόρπᾱκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi pórpākĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "porpā́koin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πόρπᾱξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρπᾱξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pórpāxĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pórpāxĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πόρπᾱκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn pórpākă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "pórpāke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
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      "roman": "toùs pórpākăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "πόρπᾰξ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "pórpāke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρπᾱκες",
      "roman": "pórpākes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "πόρπᾰξ"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "πόρπᾰξ",
        "2": "πόρπᾱκος",
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      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 11 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 3 7",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 3 7",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "57 43 1",
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          "name": "Horse tack",
          "orig": "grc:Horse tack",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "handle of a shield, probably a ring or loop inside the shield, which could be taken out at pleasure"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "shield",
          "shield"
        ],
        [
          "ring",
          "ring"
        ],
        [
          "loop",
          "loop"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "part of the headgear of a horse"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόρπαξ-grc-noun-Pxfvfk14",
      "links": [
        [
          "headgear",
          "headgear"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Surgery",
          "orig": "grc:Surgery",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 17 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "surgical fibula"
      ],
      "id": "en-πόρπαξ-grc-noun-Dq92gIHO",
      "links": [
        [
          "surgery",
          "surgery"
        ],
        [
          "surgical",
          "surgical"
        ],
        [
          "fibula",
          "fibula"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(surgery) surgical fibula"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pór.paks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pór.paks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόρπαξ"
}
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    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Horse tack"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "porpākĭ́zomai",
      "word": "πορπᾱκῐ́ζομαι"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From πόρπη (pórpē, “brooch, clasp”).",
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      "form": "πόρπᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pórpăx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρπᾱκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ὁ πόρπᾰξ",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "nominative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "οἱ πόρπᾱκες",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πόρπᾱκος",
      "roman": "toû pórpākos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πορπᾱ́κοιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πορπᾱ́κων",
      "roman": "porpā́kōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πόρπᾱκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi pórpākĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πορπᾱ́κοιν",
      "roman": "porpā́koin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πόρπᾱξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρπᾱξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pórpāxĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pórpāxĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πόρπᾱκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn pórpākă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρπᾱκε",
      "roman": "pórpāke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοὺς πόρπᾱκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs pórpākăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πόρπᾰξ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "vocative"
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    },
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      "form": "πόρπᾱκες",
      "roman": "pórpākes",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "πόρπᾰξ"
      },
      "expansion": "πόρπᾰξ • (pórpăx) m (genitive πόρπᾱκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "handle of a shield, probably a ring or loop inside the shield, which could be taken out at pleasure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "shield",
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        ],
        [
          "ring",
          "ring"
        ],
        [
          "loop",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "part of the headgear of a horse"
      ],
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        [
          "headgear",
          "headgear"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "surgical fibula"
      ],
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        [
          "surgical",
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          "fibula"
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        "(surgery) surgical fibula"
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pór.paks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpor.paks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πόρπαξ"
}

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