Ἄργιλος

Ἄργιλος

See also: άργιλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

First attested in c. 6^th century AD. According to Stephanus of Byzantium this Macedonian city is named after Thracian *argilos (“mouse”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár.ɡi.los/ → /ˈar.ʝi.los/ → /ˈar.ʝi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.ɡi.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ɡi.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ʝi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ʝi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ʝi.los/

Proper noun

Ἄργιλος • (Árgilos) f (genitive Ἀργίλου); second declension

1. Argilus

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ἄργιλος; τῆς Ἀργίλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἄργιλος hē Árgilos
Genitive	τῆς Ἀργίλου tês Argílou
Dative	τῇ Ἀργίλῳ têi Argílōi
Accusative	τὴν Ἄργιλον tḕn Árgilon
Vocative	Ἄργιλε Árgile
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀργίλιος (Argílios)

Descendants

• Greek: Άργιλος (Árgilos)
• → Latin: Argilus

References

1. Witczak, Krzysztof T. (2012), “Studies in Thracian vocabulary (I-VII)”, in Studia Indogermanica Lodziensia‎, volume 7, Łódź, pages 154–156

Further reading

• Ἄργιλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002