γάγγαμον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γαγγάμη (gangámē)

Etymology

Technical term, certainly of foreign origin and probably Pre-Greek. Not related to γέντο (génto, “he grasped”). Neumann connects it with Hittite [script needed] (kank-, “to hang”) but this is most uncertain.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡáŋ.ɡa.mon/ → /ˈɣaŋ.ɡa.mon/ → /ˈɣaŋ.ɡa.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡáŋ.ɡa.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋ.ɡa.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣaŋ.ɡa.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣaŋ.ɡa.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣaŋ.ɡa.mon/

Noun

γάγγᾰμον • (gángamon) n (genitive γαγγᾰ́μου); second declension

1. small round net, especially for catching oysters
2. (anatomy) umbilical region

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γάγγᾰμον; τοῦ γαγγᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γάγγᾰμον tò gángamon	τὼ γαγγᾰ́μω tṑ gangámō	τᾰ̀ γάγγᾰμᾰ tà gángama
Genitive	τοῦ γαγγᾰ́μου toû gangámou	τοῖν γαγγᾰ́μοιν toîn gangámoin	τῶν γαγγᾰ́μων tôn gangámōn
Dative	τῷ γαγγᾰ́μῳ tôi gangámōi	τοῖν γαγγᾰ́μοιν toîn gangámoin	τοῖς γαγγᾰ́μοις toîs gangámois
Accusative	τὸ γάγγᾰμον tò gángamon	τὼ γαγγᾰ́μω tṑ gangámō	τᾰ̀ γάγγᾰμᾰ tà gángama
Vocative	γάγγᾰμον gángamon	γαγγᾰ́μω gangámō	γάγγᾰμᾰ gángama
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γαγγαμεύς (gangameús)
• γαγγαμευτής (gangameutḗs)
• γαγγαμουλκός (gangamoulkós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: γαγγάβα (gangáva)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: غانگاوه (gangava)
    • Turkish: gangava
• → Latin: gangamon
  • → Italian: angamo

Further reading

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