γαργαρεών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic formation with intensive reduplication. Related to γαργαρίζω (gargarízō, “to gargle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡar.ɡa.re.ɔ̌ːn/ → /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/ → /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡar.ɡa.re.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡar.ɡa.reˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣar.ɣa.reˈon/

Noun

γᾰργᾰρεών • (gargareṓn) m (genitive γᾰργᾰρεῶνος); third declension

1. (anatomy) uvula
2. (pathology) swollen uvula

   Synonym: στᾰφῠλή (staphulḗ)

3. (anatomy) trachea

   Synonym: βρόγχος (brónkhos)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ γᾰργᾰρεών; τοῦ γᾰργᾰρεῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γᾰργᾰρεών ho gargareṓn	τὼ γᾰργᾰρεῶνε tṑ gargareône	οἱ γᾰργᾰρεῶνες hoi gargareônes
Genitive	τοῦ γᾰργᾰρεῶνος toû gargareônos	τοῖν γᾰργᾰρεώνοιν toîn gargareṓnoin	τῶν γᾰργᾰρεώνων tôn gargareṓnōn
Dative	τῷ γᾰργᾰρεῶνῐ tôi gargareôni	τοῖν γᾰργᾰρεώνοιν toîn gargareṓnoin	τοῖς γᾰργᾰρεῶσῐ / γᾰργᾰρεῶσῐν toîs gargareôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν γᾰργᾰρεῶνᾰ tòn gargareôna	τὼ γᾰργᾰρεῶνε tṑ gargareône	τοὺς γᾰργᾰρεῶνᾰς toùs gargareônas
Vocative	γᾰργᾰρεών gargareṓn	γᾰργᾰρεῶνε gargareône	γᾰργᾰρεῶνες gargareônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γαργαρεών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαργαρεών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαργαρεών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γαργαρίζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 261