τέγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στέγος (stégos)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *(s)tégos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tégos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“roof”). Cognates include Latin tego (“I cover”), German Decke (“roof”), English thatch.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.ɡos/ → /ˈte.ɣos/ → /ˈte.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɣos/

Noun

τέγος • (tégos) n (genitive τέγους or τέγεος); third declension

1. roof, cover
2. any place with roof
3. any covered hall or chamber

Declension

Third declension of τὸ τέγος; τοῦ τέγους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέγος tò tégos	τὼ τέγει tṑ tégei	τᾰ̀ τέγη tà tégē
Genitive	τοῦ τέγους toû tégous	τοῖν τεγοῖν toîn tegoîn	τῶν τεγῶν tôn tegôn
Dative	τῷ τέγει tôi tégei	τοῖν τεγοῖν toîn tegoîn	τοῖς τέγεσῐ / τέγεσῐν toîs tégesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τέγος tò tégos	τὼ τέγει tṑ tégei	τᾰ̀ τέγη tà tégē
Vocative	τέγος tégos	τέγει tégei	τέγη tégē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ τέγος; τοῦ τέγεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τέγος tò tégos	τὼ τέγει / τέγεε tṑ tégei / tégee	τᾰ̀ τέγεᾰ tà tégea
Genitive	τοῦ τέγεος / τέγευς toû tégeos / tégeus	τοῖν τεγέοιν toîn tegéoin	τῶν τεγέων tôn tegéōn
Dative	τῷ τέγει / τέγεῐ̈ tôi tégei / tégeï	τοῖν τεγέοιν toîn tegéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν τέγεσῐ / τέγεσῐν toîsi(n) tégesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τέγος tò tégos	τὼ τέγει / τέγεε tṑ tégei / tégee	τᾰ̀ τέγεᾰ tà tégea
Vocative	τέγος tégos	τέγει / τέγεε tégei / tégee	τέγεᾰ tégea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “τέγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τέγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τέγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τέγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τέγος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • roof idem, page 721.