γυργαθός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γέργαθος (gérgathos), γύργαθον (gúrgathon), γύργαθος (gúrgathos)
Etymology
According to Beekes either from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to twist; to plait”), like γέρρον (gérrhon), or from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡyr.ɡa.tʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡyr.ɡaˈtʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝyr.ɣaˈθos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝyr.ɣaˈθos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝir.ɣaˈθos/
Noun
γυργᾰθός • (gurgathós) m (genitive γυργᾰθοῦ); second declension
- wicker basket, creel
- net woven by tarantulas
- cage for insane patients
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ γυργᾰθός; τοῦ γυργᾰθοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γυργᾰθός ho gurgathós | τὼ γυργᾰθώ tṑ gurgathṓ | οἱ γυργᾰθοί hoi gurgathoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γυργᾰθοῦ toû gurgathoû | τοῖν γυργᾰθοῖν toîn gurgathoîn | τῶν γυργᾰθῶν tôn gurgathôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γυργᾰθῷ tôi gurgathôi | τοῖν γυργᾰθοῖν toîn gurgathoîn | τοῖς γυργᾰθοῖς toîs gurgathoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γυργᾰθόν tòn gurgathón | τὼ γυργᾰθώ tṑ gurgathṓ | τοὺς γυργᾰθούς toùs gurgathoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | γυργᾰθέ gurgathé | γυργᾰθώ gurgathṓ | γυργᾰθοί gurgathoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γυργαθίον (gurgathíon)
Further reading
- “γυργαθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γυργαθός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γυργαθός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN