γίγας

See also: Γίγας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Γίγᾱς (Gígās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡí.ɡaːs/ → /ˈʝi.ɣas/ → /ˈʝi.ɣas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡí.ɡaːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.ɡas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ɣas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ɣas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ɣas/

Adjective

γίγᾱς • (gígās) m; third declension

1. giant, gigantic

Inflection

Attested only in the masculine.

Third declension of ὁ γῐ́γᾱς; τοῦ γῐ́γᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γῐ́γᾱς ho gĭ́gās	τὼ γῐ́γᾰντε tṑ gĭ́gănte	οἱ γῐ́γᾰντες hoi gĭ́găntes
Genitive	τοῦ γῐ́γᾰντος toû gĭ́găntos	τοῖν γῐγᾰ́ντοιν toîn gĭgắntoin	τῶν γῐγᾰ́ντων tôn gĭgắntōn
Dative	τῷ γῐ́γᾰντῐ tôi gĭ́găntĭ	τοῖν γῐγᾰ́ντοιν toîn gĭgắntoin	τοῖς γῐ́γᾱσῐ / γῐ́γᾱσῐν toîs gĭ́gāsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν γῐ́γᾰντᾰ tòn gĭ́găntă	τὼ γῐ́γᾰντε tṑ gĭ́gănte	τοὺς γῐ́γᾰντᾰς toùs gĭ́găntăs
Vocative	γῐ́γᾰν gĭ́găn	γῐ́γᾰντε gĭ́gănte	γῐ́γᾰντες gĭ́găntes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γίγας”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • giant idem, page 358.

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.ɣas/
• Hyphenation: γί‧γας

Noun

γίγας • (gígas) m

1. Literary form of γίγαντας (gígantas)

Further reading

• γίγαντας, γίγας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language