ἀρραγής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ ῥήγνῡμι (rhḗgnūmi, “to break, shatter”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar̥.r̥a.ɡɛ̌ːs/ → /ar.raˈʝis/ → /a.raˈʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar̥.r̥a.ɡɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.raˈɡe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.raˈʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.raˈʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.raˈʝis/

Adjective

ἀρρᾰγής • (arrhagḗs) m or f (neuter ἀρρᾰγές); third declension

1. unbroken (not divided into parts)

   Synonyms: ἄθραυστος (áthraustos), ἄκλᾰστος (áklastos), ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos)

2. unbreakable (that cannot be rent or broken)

   Synonym: ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos)

3. (of an eye) not bursting into tears

Declension

Third declension of ἀρρᾰγής; ἀρρᾰγές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀρρᾰγής arrhagḗs	ἀρρᾰγές arrhagés		ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhageî	ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhageî		ἀρρᾰγεῖς arrhageîs	ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhagê
Genitive		ἀρρᾰγοῦς arrhagoûs	ἀρρᾰγοῦς arrhagoûs		ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhagoîn	ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhagoîn		ἀρρᾰγῶν arrhagôn	ἀρρᾰγῶν arrhagôn
Dative		ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhageî	ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhageî		ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhagoîn	ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhagoîn		ἀρρᾰγέσῐ / ἀρρᾰγέσῐν arrhagési(n)	ἀρρᾰγέσῐ / ἀρρᾰγέσῐν arrhagési(n)
Accusative		ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhagê	ἀρρᾰγές arrhagés		ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhageî	ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhageî		ἀρρᾰγεῖς arrhageîs	ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhagê
Vocative		ἀρρᾰγές arrhagés	ἀρρᾰγές arrhagés		ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhageî	ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhageî		ἀρρᾰγεῖς arrhageîs	ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhagê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀρρᾰγῶς arrhagôs			ἀρρᾰγέστερος arrhagésteros			ἀρρᾰγέστᾰτος arrhagéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀρραγής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρραγής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρραγής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)