ἄργιλλος
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Generally derived from ἀργός (argós, “white”), but the suffix cannot be Indo-European; note the interchanges -λλ-/-λ- and the variations in the ending. Given the meaning, a Pre-Greek origin is quite possible, and connection with ἀργός (argós) is semantically not evident.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ár.ɡil.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡil.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈar.ʝil.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈar.ʝil.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈar.ʝi.los/
Noun edit
ἄργῐλλος • (árgillos) f (genitive ἀργῐ́λλου); second declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἄργῐλλος hē árgillos |
τὼ ἀργῐ́λλω tṑ argíllō |
αἱ ἄργῐλλοι hai árgilloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀργῐ́λλου tês argíllou |
τοῖν ἀργῐ́λλοιν toîn argílloin |
τῶν ἀργῐ́λλων tôn argíllōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀργῐ́λλῳ têi argíllōi |
τοῖν ἀργῐ́λλοιν toîn argílloin |
ταῖς ἀργῐ́λλοις taîs argíllois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἄργῐλλον tḕn árgillon |
τὼ ἀργῐ́λλω tṑ argíllō |
τᾱ̀ς ἀργῐ́λλους tā̀s argíllous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄργῐλλε árgille |
ἀργῐ́λλω argíllō |
ἄργῐλλοι árgilloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ἀργῐλλοφόρητος (argillophórētos)
- ἀργῐλλώδης (argillṓdēs)
Descendants edit
- → Latin: argilla
Further reading edit
- “ἄργιλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄργιλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄργιλλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄργιλλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN