ἀγελαῖος
See also: αγελαίος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγέλη (agélē, “herd”) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡe.lâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡeˈlɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ʝeˈlɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ʝeˈle.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ʝeˈle.os/
Adjective
ᾰ̓γελαῖος • (agelaîos) m (feminine ᾰ̓γελαίᾱ, neuter ᾰ̓γελαῖον); first/second declension
- gregarious
- common, ordinary
Usage notes
Aristotle makes a distinction between this and πολιτικός (politikós, “social”); social animals (a subset of gregarious animals) work to a common end, while gregarious animals do not necessarily do so.
Declension
First and second declension of ἀγελαῖος; ἀγελαίᾱ; ἀγελαῖον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀγελαῖος agelaîos | ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā | ἀγελαῖον agelaîon | ἀγελαίω agelaíō | ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā | ἀγελαίω agelaíō | ἀγελαῖοι agelaîoi | ἀγελαῖαι agelaîai | ἀγελαῖᾰ agelaîa | |||||
Genitive | ἀγελαίου agelaíou | ἀγελαίᾱς agelaíās | ἀγελαίου agelaíou | ἀγελαίοιν agelaíoin | ἀγελαίαιν agelaíain | ἀγελαίοιν agelaíoin | ἀγελαίων agelaíōn | ἀγελαίων agelaíōn | ἀγελαίων agelaíōn | |||||
Dative | ἀγελαίῳ agelaíōi | ἀγελαίᾳ agelaíāi | ἀγελαίῳ agelaíōi | ἀγελαίοιν agelaíoin | ἀγελαίαιν agelaíain | ἀγελαίοιν agelaíoin | ἀγελαίοις agelaíois | ἀγελαίαις agelaíais | ἀγελαίοις agelaíois | |||||
Accusative | ἀγελαῖον agelaîon | ἀγελαίᾱν agelaíān | ἀγελαῖον agelaîon | ἀγελαίω agelaíō | ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā | ἀγελαίω agelaíō | ἀγελαίους agelaíous | ἀγελαίᾱς agelaíās | ἀγελαῖᾰ agelaîa | |||||
Vocative | ἀγελαῖε agelaîe | ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā | ἀγελαῖον agelaîon | ἀγελαίω agelaíō | ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā | ἀγελαίω agelaíō | ἀγελαῖοι agelaîoi | ἀγελαῖαι agelaîai | ἀγελαῖᾰ agelaîa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀγελαίως agelaíōs | ἀγελαιότερος agelaióteros | ἀγελαιότᾰτος agelaiótatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αγελαίος (agelaíos)
Further reading
- “ἀγελαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀγελαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀγελαῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγελαῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- gregarious idem, page 373.
- herd idem, page 397.
- herding idem, page 397.
- social idem, page 790.