πύγαργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump, tail”) +‎ ἀργός (argós, “white, bright”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py̌ː.ɡar.ɡos/ → /ˈpy.ɣar.ɣos/ → /ˈpi.ɣar.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py̌ː.ɡar.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ɡar.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ɣar.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ɣar.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɣar.ɣos/

Noun

πῡ́γᾰργος • (pū́gargos) m (genitive πῡγᾰ́ργου); second declension

1. kind of antelope with a white rump
2. hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
3. dipper (Cinclus cinclus)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πῡ́γᾰργος; τοῦ πῡγᾰ́ργου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pȳgargus

Further reading

• “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