ἀτρύγετος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally said to be ἀ- (a-) + τρυγάω (trugáō, “to harvest”) + -τος (-tos), but Beekes calls this unlikely (it would produce Ionic ἀτρύγητος) and instead prefers the suggestion by Vine of un-dry-able.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.trý.ɡe.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈtry.ɡe.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈtry.ʝe.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈtry.ʝe.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈtri.ʝe.tos/
Adjective
ἀτρύγετος • (atrúgetos) m or f (neuter ἀτρύγετον); second declension
- (chiefly Epic) traditionally said to mean barren, unharvestable (epithet of the sea and the sky)
Declension
Second declension of ἀτρῠ́γετος; ἀτρῠ́γετον (Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀτρῠ́γετος atrúgetos | ἀτρῠ́γετον atrúgeton | ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō | ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō | ἀτρῠ́γετοι atrúgetoi | ἀτρῠ́γετᾰ atrúgeta | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀτρῠγέτου / ἀτρῠγετοῖο / ἀτρῠγέτοιο / ἀτρῠγετόο / ἀτρῠγέτοο atrugétou / atrugetoîo / atrugétoio / atrugetóo / atrugétoo | ἀτρῠγέτου / ἀτρῠγετοῖο / ἀτρῠγέτοιο / ἀτρῠγετόο / ἀτρῠγέτοο atrugétou / atrugetoîo / atrugétoio / atrugetóo / atrugétoo | ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrugétoiin | ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrugétoiin | ἀτρῠγέτων atrugétōn | ἀτρῠγέτων atrugétōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀτρῠγέτῳ atrugétōi | ἀτρῠγέτῳ atrugétōi | ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrugétoiin | ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrugétoiin | ἀτρῠγέτοισῐ / ἀτρῠγέτοισῐν / ἀτρῠγέτοις atrugétoisi(n) / atrugétois | ἀτρῠγέτοισῐ / ἀτρῠγέτοισῐν / ἀτρῠγέτοις atrugétoisi(n) / atrugétois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀτρῠ́γετον atrúgeton | ἀτρῠ́γετον atrúgeton | ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō | ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō | ἀτρῠγέτους atrugétous | ἀτρῠ́γετᾰ atrúgeta | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀτρῠ́γετε atrúgete | ἀτρῠ́γετον atrúgeton | ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō | ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō | ἀτρῠ́γετοι atrúgetoi | ἀτρῠ́γετᾰ atrúgeta | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀτρῠγέτως atrugétōs | ἀτρῠγετώτερος atrugetṓteros | ἀτρῠγετώτᾰτος atrugetṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀτρύγετος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀτρύγετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀτρύγετος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἀτρύγετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press