Βαγώας
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Βᾰγῶος (Bagôos)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Persian *Bagāvahyā, nominative singular of *Bagāvahyaʰ (literally “better through Baga”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.ɡɔ̌ː.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈɡo.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈɣo.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈɣo.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈɣo.as/
Proper noun edit
Βᾰγώᾱς • (Bagṓās) m (genitive Βᾰγώου); first declension
- a male given name from Old Persian: Bagoas, a Persian courtier of Alexander the Great
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Βαγώας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Βαγώας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)