πύγαργος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump, tail”) + ἀργός (argós, “white, bright”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /py̌ː.ɡar.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpy.ɡar.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.ɣar.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.ɣar.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɣar.ɣos/
Noun
editπῡ́γᾰργος • (pū́gargos) m (genitive πῡγᾰ́ργου); second declension
- kind of antelope with a white rump
- hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πῡ́γᾰργος ho pū́gargos |
τὼ πῡγᾰ́ργω tṑ pūgárgō |
οἱ πῡ́γᾰργοι hoi pū́gargoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πῡγᾰ́ργου toû pūgárgou |
τοῖν πῡγᾰ́ργοιν toîn pūgárgoin |
τῶν πῡγᾰ́ργων tôn pūgárgōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πῡγᾰ́ργῳ tôi pūgárgōi |
τοῖν πῡγᾰ́ργοιν toîn pūgárgoin |
τοῖς πῡγᾰ́ργοις toîs pūgárgois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πῡ́γᾰργον tòn pū́gargon |
τὼ πῡγᾰ́ργω tṑ pūgárgō |
τοὺς πῡγᾰ́ργους toùs pūgárgous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῡ́γᾰργε pū́garge |
πῡγᾰ́ργω pūgárgō |
πῡ́γᾰργοι pū́gargoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → Latin: pȳgargus
Further reading
edit- “πύγαργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πύγαργος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- grc:Birds of prey
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