ἀσφάραγος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.pʰá.ra.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈpʰa.ra.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈɸa.ra.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈfa.ra.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈfa.ra.ɣos/
Etymology 1
Furnée connects the word with φάραγξ (pháranx, “gorge, ravine”) and μάραγοι (máragoi, “overhanging places”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.
Alternative forms
- σφάραγγος (sphárangos)
Noun
ἀσφάρᾰγος • (aspháragos) m (genitive ἀσφᾰράγου); second declension
- (anatomy) throat, gullet
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος; τοῦ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος ho aspháragos | τὼ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ aspharágō | οἱ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγοι hoi aspháragoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γου toû aspharágou | τοῖν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn aspharágoin | τῶν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γων tôn aspharágōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γῳ tôi aspharágōi | τοῖν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn aspharágoin | τοῖς ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοις toîs aspharágois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγον tòn aspháragon | τὼ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ aspharágō | τοὺς ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γους toùs aspharágous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγε asphárage | ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω aspharágō | ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγοι aspháragoi | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek due to the presence of the variation "π/φ"
Alternative forms
- ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos)
Noun
ἀσφάρᾰγος • (aspháragos) m (genitive ἀσφᾰράγου); second declension
- asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)
- (botany) shoots of other plants
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος; τοῦ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος ho aspháragos | τὼ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ aspharágō | οἱ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγοι hoi aspháragoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γου toû aspharágou | τοῖν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn aspharágoin | τῶν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γων tôn aspharágōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γῳ tôi aspharágōi | τοῖν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn aspharágoin | τοῖς ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοις toîs aspharágois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγον tòn aspháragon | τὼ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ aspharágō | τοὺς ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γους toùs aspharágous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγε asphárage | ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω aspharágō | ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγοι aspháragoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀσφαραγία (aspharagía)
- ἀσφαραγωνία (aspharagōnía)
Descendants
- Latin: asparagus
Further reading
- ἀσφάραγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀσφάραγος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀσφάραγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσφάραγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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