γόος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷówHos, from *gewH- (“to cry out”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡó.os/ → /ˈɣo.os/ → /ˈɣo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡó.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣo.os/

Noun

γόος • (góos) m (genitive γόου); second declension

1. wailing, weeping

Declension

Second declension of ὁ γόος; τοῦ γόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γόος ho góos	τὼ γόω tṑ góō	οἱ γόοι hoi góoi
Genitive	τοῦ γόου toû góou	τοῖν γόοιν toîn góoin	τῶν γόων tôn góōn
Dative	τῷ γόῳ tôi góōi	τοῖν γόοιν toîn góoin	τοῖς γόοις toîs góois
Accusative	τὸν γόον tòn góon	τὼ γόω tṑ góō	τοὺς γόους toùs góous
Vocative	γόε góe	γόω góō	γόοι góoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of γόος; γόου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	γόος góos	γόω góō	γόοι góoi
Genitive	γόου / γοοῖο / γόοιο / γοόο / γόοο góou / gooîo / góoio / goóo / góoo	γόοιῐν góoiin	γόων góōn
Dative	γόῳ góōi	γόοιῐν góoiin	γόοισῐ / γόοισῐν / γόοις góoisi(n) / góois
Accusative	γόον góon	γόω góō	γόους góous
Vocative	γόε góe	γόω góō	γόοι góoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• γοεδνός (goednós)

Further reading

• γόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “γόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • grief idem, page 373.
  • groan idem, page 374.
  • lamentation idem, page 474.
  • moan idem, page 537.
  • wail idem, page 959.