ἄγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Most commonly explained as from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ego-, with cognates such as Sanskrit आगस् (ā́gas) and Old English acan (English ache) (i.e. Beekes, Pokorny). However, Chantraine prefers a relation to ἅγιος (hágios, “holy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɣos/
Noun
ᾰ̓́γος • (ágos) n (genitive ᾰ̓́γεος or ᾰ̓́γους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓́γος tò ágos |
τὼ ᾰ̓́γεε tṑ ágee |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́γεᾰ tà ágea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́γεος toû ágeos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γέοιν toîn agéoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓γέων tôn agéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́γεῐ̈ tôi ágeï |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γέοιν toîn agéoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓́γεσῐ(ν) toîs ágesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓́γος tò ágos |
τὼ ᾰ̓́γεε tṑ ágee |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́γεᾰ tà ágea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́γος ágos |
ᾰ̓́γεε ágee |
ᾰ̓́γεᾰ ágea | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓́γος tò ágos |
τὼ ᾰ̓́γει tṑ ágei |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́γη tà ágē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́γους toû ágous |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γοῖν toîn agoîn |
τῶν ᾰ̓γῶν tôn agôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́γει tôi ágei |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γοῖν toîn agoîn |
τοῖς ᾰ̓́γεσῐ(ν) toîs ágesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓́γος tò ágos |
τὼ ᾰ̓́γει tṑ ágei |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́γη tà ágē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́γος ágos |
ᾰ̓́γει ágei |
ᾰ̓́γη ágē | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
References
- ἄγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄγος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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