ἄργυρος

See also άργυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-. Cognates include Sanskrit अर्जुन (árjuna), Latin argentum and Old Armenian արծաթ (arcatʿ).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /árɡyros/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /árɣyros/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /árɣyros/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /árʝyros/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /áɾʝiɾos/

Noun

ἄργυρος (genitive ἀργύρου) m, second declension; (arguros)

1. silver
2. money

Inflection

Second declension of ἄργυρος, ἀργύρου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἄργυρος	ἀργύρω	ἄργυροι
Genitive	ἀργύρου	ἀργύροιν	ἀργύρων
Dative	ἀργύρῳ	ἀργύροιν	ἀργύροις
Accusative	ἄργυρον	ἀργύρω	ἀργύρους
Vocative	ἄργυρε	ἀργύρω	ἄργυροι

Related terms

• ἀργός (argos)
• ἄργυφος (arguphos)

Descendants

• English: argyr-
• Greek: άργυρος

See also

• 𐀀𐀓𐀫

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G696