πηγός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πᾱγός (pāgós) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, the same root of πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to fasten”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛː.ɡós/ → /piˈɣos/ → /piˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛː.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe̝ˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈɣos/

Adjective

πηγός • (pēgós) m (feminine πηγή, neuter πηγόν); first/second declension

1. compact, solid, strong
2. white

Inflection

First and second declension of πηγός; πηγή; πηγόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πηγός pēgós	πηγή pēgḗ	πηγόν pēgón		πηγώ pēgṓ	πηγᾱ́ pēgā́	πηγώ pēgṓ		πηγοί pēgoí	πηγαί pēgaí	πηγᾰ́ pēgá
Genitive		πηγοῦ pēgoû	πηγῆς pēgês	πηγοῦ pēgoû		πηγοῖν pēgoîn	πηγαῖν pēgaîn	πηγοῖν pēgoîn		πηγῶν pēgôn	πηγῶν pēgôn	πηγῶν pēgôn
Dative		πηγῷ pēgôi	πηγῇ pēgêi	πηγῷ pēgôi		πηγοῖν pēgoîn	πηγαῖν pēgaîn	πηγοῖν pēgoîn		πηγοῖς pēgoîs	πηγαῖς pēgaîs	πηγοῖς pēgoîs
Accusative		πηγόν pēgón	πηγήν pēgḗn	πηγόν pēgón		πηγώ pēgṓ	πηγᾱ́ pēgā́	πηγώ pēgṓ		πηγούς pēgoús	πηγᾱ́ς pēgā́s	πηγᾰ́ pēgá
Vocative		πηγέ pēgé	πηγή pēgḗ	πηγόν pēgón		πηγώ pēgṓ	πηγᾱ́ pēgā́	πηγώ pēgṓ		πηγοί pēgoí	πηγαί pēgaí	πηγᾰ́ pēgá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πηγῶς pēgôs				πηγότερος pēgóteros				πηγότᾰτος pēgótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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