ἀγός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)ǵ-ó-s (literally “driver”); compare Sanskrit अज (ajá, “leader”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈɣos/
Noun
ἀγός • (agós) m (genitive ἀγοῦ); second declension
- (Epic, Lyric) leader
Declension
Second declension of ἀγός; ἀγοῦ (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἀγός agós | ἀγώ agṓ | ἀγοί agoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | ἀγοῦ / ἀγοῖο / ἀγόο agoû / agoîo / agóo | ἀγοῖῐν agoîin | ἀγῶν agôn | ||||||||||
Dative | ἀγῷ agôi | ἀγοῖῐν agoîin | ἀγοῖσῐ / ἀγοῖσῐν / ἀγοῖς agoîsi(n) / agoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | ἀγόν agón | ἀγώ agṓ | ἀγούς agoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀγέ agé | ἀγώ agṓ | ἀγοί agoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἀγός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀγός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀγός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press