ἀργής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare with ἀργός (argós).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ɡɛ̌ːs/ → /arˈʝis/ → /arˈʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈɡe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈʝis/

Adjective

ἀργής • (argḗs) m or f (neuter —); third declension

1. Bright, glancing. (of lightning)
2. Shining, white. (of fat or robe)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ἀργής; τοῦ, τῆς ἀργῆτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ ἀργής ho, hē argḗs	τὼ ἀργῆτε tṑ argête	οἱ, αἱ ἀργῆτες hoi, hai argêtes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ἀργῆτος toû, tês argêtos	τοῖν ἀργήτοιν toîn argḗtoin	τῶν ἀργήτων tôn argḗtōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ἀργῆτῐ tôi, têi argêti	τοῖν ἀργήτοιν toîn argḗtoin	τοῖς, ταῖς ἀργῆσῐ / ἀργῆσῐν toîs, taîs argêsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν ἀργῆτᾰ tòn, tḕn argêta	τὼ ἀργῆτε tṑ argête	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἀργῆτᾰς toùs, tā̀s argêtas
Vocative	ἀργής argḗs	ἀργῆτε argête	ἀργῆτες argêtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

References

• “ἀργής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press