ἐόργη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make”), the same root as ἔρδω (érdō, “to do, perform”), ῥέζω (rhézō, “to do, make”) and ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ór.ɡɛː/ → /eˈor.ʝi/ → /eˈor.ʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ór.ɡɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈor.ɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈor.ʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈor.ʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈor.ʝi/

Noun

ἐόργη • (eórgē) f (genitive ἐόργης); first declension

1. stirrer, ladle

   Synonym: τορύνη (torúnē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐόργη; τῆς ἐόργης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐόργη hē eórgē	τὼ ἐόργᾱ tṑ eórgā	αἱ ἐόργαι hai eórgai
Genitive	τῆς ἐόργης tês eórgēs	τοῖν ἐόργαιν toîn eórgain	τῶν ἐοργῶν tôn eorgôn
Dative	τῇ ἐόργῃ têi eórgēi	τοῖν ἐόργαιν toîn eórgain	ταῖς ἐόργαις taîs eórgais
Accusative	τὴν ἐόργην tḕn eórgēn	τὼ ἐόργᾱ tṑ eórgā	τᾱ̀ς ἐόργᾱς tā̀s eórgās
Vocative	ἐόργη eórgē	ἐόργᾱ eórgā	ἐόργαι eórgai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐοργῆσαι (eorgêsai)

References

• “ἐόργη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐόργη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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