λαγαρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (“weak, faint”) and compared with λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”), λάγνος (lágnos, “lascivious”), λαγών (lagṓn, “flank”), λήγω (lḗgō, “to stop, cease”) and λωγάνιον (lōgánion, “dewlap of oxen”) within Greek. Other Indo-European cognates are Latin laxus (“loose”), English slack, Tocharian A slākkär (“sad”) and Sanskrit श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇa, “tender, soft”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.ɡa.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /la.ɡaˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /la.ɣaˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /la.ɣaˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /la.ɣaˈros/
Adjective
λᾰγᾰρός • (lagarós) m (feminine λᾰγᾰρᾱ́, neuter λᾰγᾰρόν); first/second declension
- hollow, sunken, flattish
- slack, loose
- thin, narrow, lanky
- (of plasters) porous, absorbent
Inflection
First and second declension of λᾰγᾰρός; λᾰγᾰρᾱ́; λᾰγᾰρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | λᾰγᾰρός lagarós | λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́ | λᾰγᾰρόν lagarón | λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ | λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́ | λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ | λᾰγᾰροί lagaroí | λᾰγᾰραί lagaraí | λᾰγᾰρᾰ́ lagará | |||||
Genitive | λᾰγᾰροῦ lagaroû | λᾰγᾰρᾶς lagarâs | λᾰγᾰροῦ lagaroû | λᾰγᾰροῖν lagaroîn | λᾰγᾰραῖν lagaraîn | λᾰγᾰροῖν lagaroîn | λᾰγᾰρῶν lagarôn | λᾰγᾰρῶν lagarôn | λᾰγᾰρῶν lagarôn | |||||
Dative | λᾰγᾰρῷ lagarôi | λᾰγᾰρᾷ lagarâi | λᾰγᾰρῷ lagarôi | λᾰγᾰροῖν lagaroîn | λᾰγᾰραῖν lagaraîn | λᾰγᾰροῖν lagaroîn | λᾰγᾰροῖς lagaroîs | λᾰγᾰραῖς lagaraîs | λᾰγᾰροῖς lagaroîs | |||||
Accusative | λᾰγᾰρόν lagarón | λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ν lagarā́n | λᾰγᾰρόν lagarón | λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ | λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́ | λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ | λᾰγᾰρούς lagaroús | λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ς lagarā́s | λᾰγᾰρᾰ́ lagará | |||||
Vocative | λᾰγᾰρέ lagaré | λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́ | λᾰγᾰρόν lagarón | λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ | λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́ | λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ | λᾰγᾰροί lagaroí | λᾰγᾰραί lagaraí | λᾰγᾰρᾰ́ lagará | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
λᾰγᾰρῶς lagarôs | λᾰγᾰρώτερος lagarṓteros | λᾰγᾰρώτᾰτος lagarṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λαγαρίζομαι (lagarízomai)
- λαγαροειδῶς (lagaroeidôs)
- λαγαρόκυκλος (lagarókuklos)
- λαγαρόομαι (lagaróomai)
- λαγαρότης (lagarótēs)
- λαγαρώδης (lagarṓdēs)
- λαγάρωσις (lagárōsis)
Further reading
- λαγαρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λαγαρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λαγαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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