βασταγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰστᾰ́ζω (bastázō, “to bear, carry”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bas.ta.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /βas.taˈʝi/ → /vas.taˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bas.ta.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bas.taˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βas.taˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vas.taˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vas.taˈʝi/

Noun

βᾰστᾰγή • (bastagḗ) f (genitive βᾰστᾰγῆς); first declension

1. transport

Declension

First declension of ἡ βᾰστᾰγή; τῆς βᾰστᾰγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰστᾰγή hē bastagḗ	τὼ βᾰστᾰγᾱ́ tṑ bastagā́	αἱ βᾰστᾰγαί hai bastagaí
Genitive	τῆς βᾰστᾰγῆς tês bastagês	τοῖν βᾰστᾰγαῖν toîn bastagaîn	τῶν βᾰστᾰγῶν tôn bastagôn
Dative	τῇ βᾰστᾰγῇ têi bastagêi	τοῖν βᾰστᾰγαῖν toîn bastagaîn	ταῖς βᾰστᾰγαῖς taîs bastagaîs
Accusative	τὴν βᾰστᾰγήν tḕn bastagḗn	τὼ βᾰστᾰγᾱ́ tṑ bastagā́	τᾱ̀ς βᾰστᾰγᾱ́ς tā̀s bastagā́s
Vocative	βᾰστᾰγή bastagḗ	βᾰστᾰγᾱ́ bastagā́	βᾰστᾰγαί bastagaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βᾰστᾰγᾰ́ρῐον (bastagárion)
• βᾰστᾰ́γῐον (bastágion)

 

Descendants

• Greek: βασταγή (vastagí)
• → Latin: bastaga

Further reading

• “βασταγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βασταγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βασταγή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

Greek

Alternative forms

• αβασταγή f (avastagí)

Noun

βασταγή • (vastagí) f (plural βασταγές)

1. bundle, lump, parcel (of something)
2. sheaf, bale (of straw, etc)

Declension

declension of βασταγή

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	βασταγή •	βασταγές •
genitive	βασταγής •	βασταγών •
accusative	βασταγή •	βασταγές •
vocative	βασταγή •	βασταγές •

Synonyms

• (sheaf): δεμάτι n (demáti)

Related terms

• αβασταγό n (avastagó, “beast of burdon”)