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 γί̆γᾱς; τοῦ γῐ́γᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γί̆γᾱς ho gígās	τὼ γῐ́γᾰντε tṑ gígante	οἱ γῐ́γᾰντες hoi gígantes
Genitive	τοῦ γῐ́γᾰντος toû gígantos	τοῖν γῐγᾰ́ντοιν toîn gigántoin	τῶν γῐγᾰ́ντων tôn gigántōn
Dative	τῷ γῐ́γᾰντῐ tôi gíganti	τοῖν γῐγᾰ́ντοιν toîn gigántoin	τοῖς γῐ́γᾱσῐ / γῐ́γᾱσῐν toîs gígāsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν γῐ́γᾰντᾰ tòn gíganta	τὼ γῐ́γᾰντε tṑ gígante	τοὺς γῐ́γᾰντᾰς toùs gígantas
Vocative	γῐ́γᾰν gígan	γῐ́γᾰντε gígante	γῐ́γᾰντες gígantes
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