πάγη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fix, fasten”), like πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “I fasten”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.ɡɛː/ → /ˈpa.ʝi/ → /ˈpa.ʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.ɡɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʝi/

Noun

πάγη • (págē) f (genitive πάγης); first declension

1. snare, noose, anything that fixes or fastens
2. (figuratively) trap, snare

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πάγη; τῆς πάγης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πάγη hē págē	τὼ πάγᾱ tṑ págā	αἱ πάγαι hai págai
Genitive	τῆς πάγης tês págēs	τοῖν πάγαιν toîn págain	τῶν παγῶν tôn pagôn
Dative	τῇ πάγῃ têi págēi	τοῖν πάγαιν toîn págain	ταῖς πάγαις taîs págais
Accusative	τὴν πάγην tḕn págēn	τὼ πάγᾱ tṑ págā	τᾱ̀ς πάγᾱς tā̀s págās
Vocative	πάγη págē	πάγᾱ págā	πάγαι págai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παγίς (pagís)

Further reading

• “πάγη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πάγη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πάγη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette