"Ἄλεξις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἄλεξις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /á.lek.sis/, /ˈa.lek.sis/, /ˈa.lek.sis/, /á.lek.sis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈa.lek.sis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈa.lek.sis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈa.lek.sis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈa.lek.sis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἀλέξω (aléxō) + -ις (-is). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἀλέξω|-ις}} ἀλέξω (aléxō) + -ις (-is) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἄλεξῐς|Ἀλέξιδος|m|third}} Ἄλεξῐς • (Álexis) m (genitive Ἀλέξιδος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἄλεξις|Ἀλέξιδος|third|form=MS}} Forms: Ἄλεξῐς [canonical], Álexis [romanization], Ἀλέξιδος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ Ἄλεξῐς [nominative, singular], τοῦ Ἀλέξῐδος [genitive, singular], τῷ Ἀλέξῐδῐ [dative, singular], τὸν Ἀλέξῐδᾰ [accusative, singular], Ἄλεξῐς [singular, vocative]
  1. a male given name meaning “helper, defender”, equivalent to English Alexis Categories (topical): Ancient Greek given names, Ancient Greek male given names Derived forms: Ἀλέξιος (Aléxios)

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