ἠγάθεος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾱ̓γάθεος (āgátheos) – Doric
Etymology
ἀγα- (aga-) + θεός (theós) with metrical lengthening of the first syllable.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.ɡá.tʰe.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝ˈɡa.tʰe.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈɣa.θe.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈɣa.θe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈɣa.θe.os/
Adjective
ἠγάθεος • (ēgátheos) m (feminine ἠγᾰθέη, neuter ἠγάθεον); first/second declension
- (chiefly Epic) most holy (of places)
Declension
First and second declension of ἠγᾰ́θεος; ἠγᾰθέη; ἠγᾰ́θεον (Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἠγᾰ́θεος ēgátheos | ἠγᾰθέη ēgathéē | ἠγᾰ́θεον ēgátheon | ἠγᾰθέω ēgathéō | ἠγᾰθέᾱ ēgathéā | ἠγᾰθέω ēgathéō | ἠγᾰ́θεοι ēgátheoi | ἠγᾰ́θεαι ēgátheai | ἠγᾰ́θεᾰ ēgáthea | |||||
Genitive | ἠγᾰθέου / ἠγᾰθεοῖο / ἠγᾰθέοιο / ἠγᾰθεόο / ἠγᾰθέοο ēgathéou / ēgatheoîo / ēgathéoio / ēgatheóo / ēgathéoo | ἠγᾰθέης ēgathéēs | ἠγᾰθέου / ἠγᾰθεοῖο / ἠγᾰθέοιο / ἠγᾰθεόο / ἠγᾰθέοο ēgathéou / ēgatheoîo / ēgathéoio / ēgatheóo / ēgathéoo | ἠγᾰθέοιῐν ēgathéoiin | ἠγᾰθέαιν / ἠγᾰθέαιῐν / ἠγᾰθέῃῐν ēgathéai(i)n / ēgathéēiin | ἠγᾰθέοιῐν ēgathéoiin | ἠγᾰθέων ēgathéōn | ἠγᾰθεᾱ́ων / ἠγᾰθεέ͜ων / ἠγᾰθεῶν ēgatheā́ōn / ēgatheé͜ōn / ēgatheôn | ἠγᾰθέων ēgathéōn | |||||
Dative | ἠγᾰθέῳ ēgathéōi | ἠγᾰθέῃ ēgathéēi | ἠγᾰθέῳ ēgathéōi | ἠγᾰθέοιῐν ēgathéoiin | ἠγᾰθέαιν / ἠγᾰθέαιῐν / ἠγᾰθέῃῐν ēgathéai(i)n / ēgathéēiin | ἠγᾰθέοιῐν ēgathéoiin | ἠγᾰθέοισῐ / ἠγᾰθέοισῐν / ἠγᾰθέοις ēgathéoisi(n) / ēgathéois | ἠγᾰθέῃσῐ / ἠγᾰθέῃσῐν / ἠγᾰθέῃς / ἠγᾰθέαις ēgathéēisi(n) / ēgathéēis / ēgathéais | ἠγᾰθέοισῐ / ἠγᾰθέοισῐν / ἠγᾰθέοις ēgathéoisi(n) / ēgathéois | |||||
Accusative | ἠγᾰ́θεον ēgátheon | ἠγᾰθέην ēgathéēn | ἠγᾰ́θεον ēgátheon | ἠγᾰθέω ēgathéō | ἠγᾰθέᾱ ēgathéā | ἠγᾰθέω ēgathéō | ἠγᾰθέους ēgathéous | ἠγᾰθέᾱς ēgathéās | ἠγᾰ́θεᾰ ēgáthea | |||||
Vocative | ἠγᾰ́θεε ēgáthee | ἠγᾰθέη ēgathéē | ἠγᾰ́θεον ēgátheon | ἠγᾰθέω ēgathéō | ἠγᾰθέᾱ ēgathéā | ἠγᾰθέω ēgathéō | ἠγᾰ́θεοι ēgátheoi | ἠγᾰ́θεαι ēgátheai | ἠγᾰ́θεᾰ ēgáthea | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἠγᾰθέως ēgathéōs | ἠγᾰθεώτερος ēgatheṓteros | ἠγᾰθεώτᾰτος ēgatheṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἠγάθεος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἠγάθεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἠγάθεος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἠγάθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press