πηγός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πᾱγός (pāgós) – Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, the same root of πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to fasten”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛː.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe̝ˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈɣos/
Adjective
πηγός • (pēgós) m (feminine πηγή, neuter πηγόν); first/second declension
- compact, solid, strong
- white
Inflection
First and second declension of πηγός; πηγή; πηγόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | πηγός pēgós | πηγή pēgḗ | πηγόν pēgón | πηγώ pēgṓ | πηγᾱ́ pēgā́ | πηγώ pēgṓ | πηγοί pēgoí | πηγαί pēgaí | πηγᾰ́ pēgá | |||||
Genitive | πηγοῦ pēgoû | πηγῆς pēgês | πηγοῦ pēgoû | πηγοῖν pēgoîn | πηγαῖν pēgaîn | πηγοῖν pēgoîn | πηγῶν pēgôn | πηγῶν pēgôn | πηγῶν pēgôn | |||||
Dative | πηγῷ pēgôi | πηγῇ pēgêi | πηγῷ pēgôi | πηγοῖν pēgoîn | πηγαῖν pēgaîn | πηγοῖν pēgoîn | πηγοῖς pēgoîs | πηγαῖς pēgaîs | πηγοῖς pēgoîs | |||||
Accusative | πηγόν pēgón | πηγήν pēgḗn | πηγόν pēgón | πηγώ pēgṓ | πηγᾱ́ pēgā́ | πηγώ pēgṓ | πηγούς pēgoús | πηγᾱ́ς pēgā́s | πηγᾰ́ pēgá | |||||
Vocative | πηγέ pēgé | πηγή pēgḗ | πηγόν pēgón | πηγώ pēgṓ | πηγᾱ́ pēgā́ | πηγώ pēgṓ | πηγοί pēgoí | πηγαί pēgaí | πηγᾰ́ pēgá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πηγῶς pēgôs | πηγότερος pēgóteros | πηγότᾰτος pēgótatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- “πηγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πηγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πηγός 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