πῆξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “I stick, I fix”) +‎ -σις (-sis, suffix to form a feminine noun).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πῆξις • (pêxis) f (genitive πήξεως); third declension

  1. fixing, putting together
  2. solidity, fixity
    1. coagulation, freezing; formation of gum in plants

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ πῆξῐς; τῆς πήξεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πῆξῐς
hē pêxis		 τὼ πήξει
tṑ pḗxei		 αἱ πήξεις
hai pḗxeis
Genitive τῆς πήξεως
tês pḗxeōs		 τοῖν πηξέοιν
toîn pēxéoin		 τῶν πήξεων
tôn pḗxeōn
Dative τῇ πήξει
têi pḗxei		 τοῖν πηξέοιν
toîn pēxéoin		 ταῖς πήξεσῐ / πήξεσῐν
taîs pḗxesi(n)
Accusative τὴν πῆξῐν
tḕn pêxin		 τὼ πήξει
tṑ pḗxei		 τᾱ̀ς πήξεις
tā̀s pḗxeis
Vocative πῆξῐ
pêxi		 πήξει
pḗxei		 πήξεις
pḗxeis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → English: -pexy

References

“πῆξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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