πάγιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

πᾰ́γῐος • (págios) m (feminine πᾰγῐ́ᾱ, neuter πᾰ́γῐον); first/second declension

1. solid

   Synonym: στερεός (stereós)

2. firm, steadfast

Inflection

First and second declension of πᾰ́γῐος; πᾰγῐ́ᾱ; πᾰ́γῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰ́γῐος págios	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ pagíā	πᾰ́γῐον págion		πᾰγῐ́ω pagíō	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ pagíā	πᾰγῐ́ω pagíō		πᾰ́γῐοι págioi	πᾰ́γῐαι págiai	πᾰ́γῐᾰ págia
Genitive		πᾰγῐ́ου pagíou	πᾰγῐ́ᾱς pagíās	πᾰγῐ́ου pagíou		πᾰγῐ́οιν pagíoin	πᾰγῐ́αιν pagíain	πᾰγῐ́οιν pagíoin		πᾰγῐ́ων pagíōn	πᾰγῐ́ων pagíōn	πᾰγῐ́ων pagíōn
Dative		πᾰγῐ́ῳ pagíōi	πᾰγῐ́ᾳ pagíāi	πᾰγῐ́ῳ pagíōi		πᾰγῐ́οιν pagíoin	πᾰγῐ́αιν pagíain	πᾰγῐ́οιν pagíoin		πᾰγῐ́οις pagíois	πᾰγῐ́αις pagíais	πᾰγῐ́οις pagíois
Accusative		πᾰ́γῐον págion	πᾰγῐ́ᾱν pagíān	πᾰ́γῐον págion		πᾰγῐ́ω pagíō	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ pagíā	πᾰγῐ́ω pagíō		πᾰγῐ́ους pagíous	πᾰγῐ́ᾱς pagíās	πᾰ́γῐᾰ págia
Vocative		πᾰ́γῐε págie	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ pagíā	πᾰ́γῐον págion		πᾰγῐ́ω pagíō	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ pagíā	πᾰγῐ́ω pagíō		πᾰ́γῐοι págioi	πᾰ́γῐαι págiai	πᾰ́γῐᾰ págia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πᾰγῐ́ως pagíōs				πᾰγῐώτερος pagiṓteros				πᾰγῐώτᾰτος pagiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παγιότης (pagiótēs)
• παγιόω (pagióō)
• παγίωσις (pagíōsis)

 

Further reading

• “πάγιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πάγιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πάγιος 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