ἀτταγᾶς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀτταγήν (attagḗn), ἀτταγῆς (attagês), ταγήν (tagḗn)
Etymology
Unexplained. It is called onomatopoeic by Claudius Aelianus after its cry. It could be a Pre-Greek word, in view of the suffix of the variant ἀτταγήν (attagḗn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /at.ta.ɡâːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /at.taˈɡas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /at.taˈɣas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /at.taˈɣas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.taˈɣas/
Noun
ἀττᾰγᾶς • (attagâs) m (genitive ἀττᾰγᾶ); first declension
- black francolin (Francolinus francolinus)
Inflection
First declension of ὁ ἀττᾰγᾶς; τοῦ ἀττᾰγᾶ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀττᾰγᾶς ho attagâs | τὼ ἀττᾰγᾶ tṑ attagâ | οἱ ἀττᾰγαῖ hoi attagaî | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀττᾰγᾶ toû attagâ | τοῖν ἀττᾰγαῖν toîn attagaîn | τῶν ἀττᾰγῶν tôn attagôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀττᾰγᾷ tôi attagâi | τοῖν ἀττᾰγαῖν toîn attagaîn | τοῖς ἀττᾰγαῖς toîs attagaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀττᾰγᾶν tòn attagân | τὼ ἀττᾰγᾶ tṑ attagâ | τοὺς ἀττᾰγᾶς toùs attagâs | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀττᾰγᾶ attagâ | ἀττᾰγᾶ attagâ | ἀττᾰγαῖ attagaî | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀτταγεινός (attageinós)
Further reading
- “ἀτταγᾶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀτταγᾶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀτταγᾶς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- 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