μίξις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μῖξῐς (mîxis), μεῖξῐς (meîxis)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *míḱtis, from the root *meyḱ- ~ *meyǵ- (“to mix”) +‎ *-tis.^[1] Cognate with Lithuanian mìšti, Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬌 (mišti). Compare μίγνυμι (mígnumi, “I mix”), from the same root.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mík.sis/ → /ˈmik.sis/ → /ˈmik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mík.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmik.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmik.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmik.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmik.sis/

Noun

μῐ́ξῐς • (míxis) f (genitive μῐ́ξεως); third declension

1. a mixing, mingling
2. intercourse
   1. sexual intercourse
   2. commerce

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μῐ́ξῐς hē míxis	τὼ μῐ́ξει tṑ míxei	αἱ μῐ́ξεις hai míxeis
Genitive	τῆς μῐ́ξεως tês míxeōs	τοῖν μῐξέοιν toîn mixéoin	τῶν μῐ́ξεων tôn míxeōn
Dative	τῇ μῐ́ξει têi míxei	τοῖν μῐξέοιν toîn mixéoin	ταῖς μῐ́ξεσῐ / μῐ́ξεσῐν taîs míxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν μῐ́ξῐν tḕn míxin	τὼ μῐ́ξει tṑ míxei	τᾱ̀ς μῐ́ξεις tā̀s míxeis
Vocative	μῐ́ξῐ míxi	μῐ́ξει míxei	μῐ́ξεις míxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ μῐ́ξῐς; τῆς μῐ́ξεως (Attic)

References

1. Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*mei̯k̂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 481–482

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