ἀφυσγετός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Nicander did not understand the meaning any longer and connected it with ἀφύσσω (aphússō, “to draw or scoop liquids”). Formation like συρφετός (surphetós, “sweepings, refuse”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pʰyz.ɡe.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pʰyz.ɡeˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɸyz.ʝeˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.fyz.ʝeˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.fiz.ʝeˈtos/
Noun
ἀφῠσγετός • (aphusgetós) m (genitive ἀφῠσγετοῦ); second declension
- mud and rubbish which a stream carries with it
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἀφῠσγετός; τοῦ ἀφῠσγετοῦ (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀφῠσγετός ho aphusgetós | τὼ ἀφῠσγετώ tṑ aphusgetṓ | οἱ ἀφῠσγετοί hoi aphusgetoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀφῠσγετοῦ toû aphusgetoû | τοῖν ἀφῠσγετοῖν toîn aphusgetoîn | τῶν ἀφῠσγετῶν tôn aphusgetôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀφῠσγετῷ tôi aphusgetôi | τοῖν ἀφῠσγετοῖν toîn aphusgetoîn | τοῖς ἀφῠσγετοῖς toîs aphusgetoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀφῠσγετόν tòn aphusgetón | τὼ ἀφῠσγετώ tṑ aphusgetṓ | τοὺς ἀφῠσγετούς toùs aphusgetoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀφῠσγετέ aphusgeté | ἀφῠσγετώ aphusgetṓ | ἀφῠσγετοί aphusgetoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀφυσγετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀφυσγετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀφυσγετός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀφυσγετός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀφυσγετός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀφυσγετός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀφυσγετός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180