μολγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Differs from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”), only in the velar and accent. It has therefore been assumed that the Greek word is a borrowing, perhaps from Thracian. Also Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”) and Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag”) have been compared, in which case the Greek word must have been phonetically influenced by ἀμέλγω (amélgō, “to milk”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mol.ɡós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /molˈɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /molˈɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /molˈɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /molˈɣos/

Noun

μολγός • (molgós) m (genitive μολγοῦ); second declension

bag made of cow hide

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μολγός; τοῦ μολγοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μολγός ho molgós	τὼ μολγώ tṑ molgṓ	οἱ μολγοί hoi molgoí
Genitive	τοῦ μολγοῦ toû molgoû	τοῖν μολγοῖν toîn molgoîn	τῶν μολγῶν tôn molgôn
Dative	τῷ μολγῷ tôi molgôi	τοῖν μολγοῖν toîn molgoîn	τοῖς μολγοῖς toîs molgoîs
Accusative	τὸν μολγόν tòn molgón	τὼ μολγώ tṑ molgṓ	τοὺς μολγούς toùs molgoús
Vocative	μολγέ molgé	μολγώ molgṓ	μολγοί molgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μόλγινος (mólginos)

References

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