ἔκπαγλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to πλάγια (flanks of an army), πλαγγ- (send astray). Probably not related to plango, πλήσσω. (Beek, "The development of the Proto-Indo-European syllabic liquids in Greek," 2013)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.pa.ɡlos/ → /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/ → /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.pa.ɡlos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɡlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/

Adjective

ἔκπαγλος • (ékpaglos) m or f (neuter ἔκπᾰγλον); second declension

1. (in earlier writers) terrible, violent
2. (in later writers) marvelous, wondrous

Declension

Second declension of ἔκπᾰγλος; ἔκπᾰγλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἔκπᾰγλος ékpaglos	ἔκπᾰγλον ékpaglon		ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpáglō	ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpáglō		ἔκπᾰγλοι ékpagloi	ἔκπᾰγλᾰ ékpagla
Genitive		ἐκπᾰ́γλου ekpáglou	ἐκπᾰ́γλου ekpáglou		ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpágloin	ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpágloin		ἐκπᾰ́γλων ekpáglōn	ἐκπᾰ́γλων ekpáglōn
Dative		ἐκπᾰ́γλῳ ekpáglōi	ἐκπᾰ́γλῳ ekpáglōi		ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpágloin	ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpágloin		ἐκπᾰ́γλοις ekpáglois	ἐκπᾰ́γλοις ekpáglois
Accusative		ἔκπᾰγλον ékpaglon	ἔκπᾰγλον ékpaglon		ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpáglō	ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpáglō		ἐκπᾰ́γλους ekpáglous	ἔκπᾰγλᾰ ékpagla
Vocative		ἔκπᾰγλε ékpagle	ἔκπᾰγλον ékpaglon		ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpáglō	ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpáglō		ἔκπᾰγλοι ékpagloi	ἔκπᾰγλᾰ ékpagla
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐκπᾰ́γλως ekpáglōs			ἐκπᾰγλότερος ekpaglóteros			ἐκπᾰγλότᾰτος ekpaglótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐκπαγλέομαι (ekpagléomai)
• ἐκπαγλότης (ekpaglótēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: έκπαγλος (ékpaglos)

Further reading

• “ἔκπαγλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔκπαγλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔκπαγλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἔκπαγλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἔκπαγλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔκπαγλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amazing idem, page 26.
  • astonishing idem, page 48.
  • extraordinary idem, page 297.
  • marvellous idem, page 516.
  • monstrous idem, page 539.
  • phenomenal idem, page 610.
  • prodigious idem, page 644.
  • remarkable idem, page 692.
  • strange idem, page 823.
  • stupendous idem, page 829.
  • vast idem, page 945.
  • wonderful idem, page 987.