Οὐκαλέγων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οὐκ (ouk, “not”) +‎ ᾰ̓λέγω (alégō, “I mind”), literally “doesn't worry”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ka.lé.ɡɔːn/ → /u.kaˈle.ɣon/ → /u.kaˈle.ɣon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ka.lé.ɡɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.kaˈle.ɡon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.kaˈle.ɣon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.kaˈle.ɣon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.kaˈle.ɣon/

Proper noun

Οὐκᾰλέγων • (Oukalégōn) m (genitive Οὐκᾰλέγοντος); ? declension

1. (Greek mythology) Ucalegon, one of the friends of Priam.
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.148:

     Οἳ δ’ ἀμφὶ Πρίαμον καὶ Πάνθοον ἠδὲ Θυμοίτην Λάμπόν τε Κλυτίον θ’ Ἱκετάονά τ’ ὄζον Ἄρηος Οὐκαλέγων τε καὶ Ἀντήνωρ πεπνυμένω ἄμφω ἥατο δημογέροντες ἐπὶ Σκαιῇσι πύλῃσι,

     Hoì d’ amphì Príamon kaì Pánthoon ēdè Thumoítēn Lámpón te Klutíon th’ Hiketáoná t’ ózon Árēos Oukalégōn te kaì Antḗnōr pepnuménō ámphō hḗato dēmogérontes epì Skaiêisi púlēisi,

     The two sages, Ucalegon and Antenor, elders of the people, were seated by the Scaean gates, with Priam, Panthous, Thymoetes, Lampus, Clytius, and Hiketaon of the race of Mars.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Οὐκᾰλέγων; τοῦ Οὐκᾰλέγοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Οὐκᾰλέγων ho Oukalégōn
Genitive	τοῦ Οὐκᾰλέγοντος toû Oukalégontos
Dative	τῷ Οὐκᾰλέγοντῐ tôi Oukalégonti
Accusative	τὸν Οὐκᾰλέγοντᾰ tòn Oukalégonta
Vocative	Οὐκᾰλέγον Oukalégon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Ūcalegōn
  • English: Ucalegon
  • French: Ucalégon

References

• “Οὐκαλέγων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Οὐκαλέγων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette