ἀτρύγετος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally said to be ἀ- (a-) +‎ τρυγάω (trugáō, “to harvest”) +‎ -τος (-tos), but Beekes calls this unlikely (it would produce Ionic ἀτρύγητος) and instead prefers the suggestion by Vine of un-dry-able.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.trý.ɡe.tos/ → /aˈtry.ʝe.tos/ → /aˈtri.ʝe.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.trý.ɡe.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtry.ɡe.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈtry.ʝe.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈtry.ʝe.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈtri.ʝe.tos/

Adjective

ἀτρύγετος • (atrúgetos) m or f (neuter ἀτρύγετον); second declension

1. (chiefly Epic) traditionally said to mean barren, unharvestable (epithet of the sea and the sky)

Declension

Second declension of ἀτρῠ́γετος; ἀτρῠ́γετον (Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀτρῠ́γετος atrúgetos	ἀτρῠ́γετον atrúgeton		ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō	ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō		ἀτρῠ́γετοι atrúgetoi	ἀτρῠ́γετᾰ atrúgeta
Genitive		ἀτρῠγέτου / ἀτρῠγετοῖο / ἀτρῠγέτοιο / ἀτρῠγετόο / ἀτρῠγέτοο atrugétou / atrugetoîo / atrugétoio / atrugetóo / atrugétoo	ἀτρῠγέτου / ἀτρῠγετοῖο / ἀτρῠγέτοιο / ἀτρῠγετόο / ἀτρῠγέτοο atrugétou / atrugetoîo / atrugétoio / atrugetóo / atrugétoo		ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrugétoiin	ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrugétoiin		ἀτρῠγέτων atrugétōn	ἀτρῠγέτων atrugétōn
Dative		ἀτρῠγέτῳ atrugétōi	ἀτρῠγέτῳ atrugétōi		ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrugétoiin	ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrugétoiin		ἀτρῠγέτοισῐ / ἀτρῠγέτοισῐν / ἀτρῠγέτοις atrugétoisi(n) / atrugétois	ἀτρῠγέτοισῐ / ἀτρῠγέτοισῐν / ἀτρῠγέτοις atrugétoisi(n) / atrugétois
Accusative		ἀτρῠ́γετον atrúgeton	ἀτρῠ́γετον atrúgeton		ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō	ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō		ἀτρῠγέτους atrugétous	ἀτρῠ́γετᾰ atrúgeta
Vocative		ἀτρῠ́γετε atrúgete	ἀτρῠ́γετον atrúgeton		ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō	ἀτρῠγέτω atrugétō		ἀτρῠ́γετοι atrúgetoi	ἀτρῠ́γετᾰ atrúgeta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀτρῠγέτως atrugétōs			ἀτρῠγετώτερος atrugetṓteros			ἀτρῠγετώτᾰτος atrugetṓtatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἀτρύγετος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀτρύγετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτρύγετος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀτρύγετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press