Ταΰγετον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Τᾱῠ̈́γετος (Tāǘgetos)
• Τηῠ̈́γετον (Tēǘgeton) — Ionic

Etymology

Perhaps derived from Ταϋγέτη (Taügétē, “Taygete”). First element is probably τηΰς (tēǘs, “big”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taː.ý.ɡe.ton/ → /taˈy.ʝe.ton/ → /taˈi.ʝe.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /taː.ý.ɡe.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /taˈy.ɡe.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /taˈy.ʝe.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /taˈy.ʝe.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /taˈi.ʝe.ton/

Proper noun

Τᾱῠ̈́γετον • (Tāǘgeton) n (genitive Τᾱῠ̈γέτου); second declension

1. the Taygetus Mountains

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Τᾱῠ̈́γετον; τοῦ Τᾱῠ̈γέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Τᾱῠ̈́γετον tò Tāǘgeton
Genitive	τοῦ Τᾱῠ̈γέτου toû Tāügétou
Dative	τῷ Τᾱῠ̈γέτῳ tôi Tāügétōi
Accusative	τὸ Τᾱῠ̈́γετον tò Tāǘgeton
Vocative	Τᾱῠ̈́γετον Tāǘgeton
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τᾱῠ̈γέτη (Tāügétē)

Descendants

In Modern Greek, the more typical form is Ταΰγετος (Taÿ́getos).

• Greek: Ταΰγετο (Taÿ́geto)
• Latin: Tāygetum, Tāygetus

References

• “Ταΰγετον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Ταΰγετον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette