γόος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷówHos, from *gewH- (“to cry out”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡó.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡo.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣo.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣo.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣo.os/
Noun
γόος • (góos) m (genitive γόου); second declension
- wailing, weeping
Declension
Second declension of ὁ γόος; τοῦ γόου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γόος ho góos | τὼ γόω tṑ góō | οἱ γόοι hoi góoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γόου toû góou | τοῖν γόοιν toîn góoin | τῶν γόων tôn góōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γόῳ tôi góōi | τοῖν γόοιν toîn góoin | τοῖς γόοις toîs góois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γόον tòn góon | τὼ γόω tṑ góō | τοὺς γόους toùs góous | ||||||||||
Vocative | γόε góe | γόω góō | γόοι góoi | ||||||||||
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Second declension of γόος; γόου (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | γόος góos | γόω góō | γόοι góoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | γόου / γοοῖο / γόοιο / γοόο / γόοο góou / gooîo / góoio / goóo / góoo | γόοιῐν góoiin | γόων góōn | ||||||||||
Dative | γόῳ góōi | γόοιῐν góoiin | γόοισῐ / γόοισῐν / γόοις góoisi(n) / góois | ||||||||||
Accusative | γόον góon | γόω góō | γόους góous | ||||||||||
Vocative | γόε góe | γόω góō | γόοι góoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γοεδνός (goednós)
Further reading
- γόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “γόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- grief idem, page 373.
- groan idem, page 374.
- lamentation idem, page 474.
- moan idem, page 537.
- wail idem, page 959.