λαγώς
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *λαγοωυσός (*lagoōusós, “with flabby ears”), from *λαγο- (*lago-) (possibly the same root as English slack) and οὖς (oûs).[1] Typologically compare Ossetian тӕрхъус (tærqus, “hare”, literally “long-ear”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.ɡɔ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈɣos/
Noun[edit]
λᾰγώς • (lagṓs) m (genitive λᾰγώ); second declension
- hare
- coward
- sea hare (gastropod of the genus Aplysia)
- (astronomy) Lepus, a winter constellation
- kind of bandage
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λᾰγώς ho lagṓs |
τὼ λᾰγώ tṑ lagṓ |
οἱ λᾰγῴ hoi lagṓi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λᾰγώ toû lagṓ |
τοῖν λᾰγῴν toîn lagṓin |
τῶν λᾰγών tôn lagṓn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λᾰγῴ tôi lagṓi |
τοῖν λᾰγῴν toîn lagṓin |
τοῖς λᾰγῴς toîs lagṓis | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λᾰγώ / λᾰγών tòn lagṓ(n) |
τὼ λᾰγώ tṑ lagṓ |
τοὺς λᾰγώς toùs lagṓs | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰγώς lagṓs |
λᾰγώ lagṓ |
λᾰγῴ lagṓi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- λάγινος (láginos)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 821–822
Further reading[edit]
- “λαγώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λαγώς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
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- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
- grc:Astronomy
- Ancient Greek Attic-declension masculine nouns
- grc:Fear
- grc:Lagomorphs
- grc:Gastropods