γιγγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Solmsen assumed an earlier form *γεγγίς (*gengís), with assimilation, connecting the word with γογγύλος (gongúlos, “round”). However, according to Beekes, it is rather a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡiŋ.ɡís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡiŋˈɡis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟis/

Noun

γῐγγῐ́ς • (gĭngĭ́s) f (genitive γῐγγῐ́δος); third declension

kind of turnip

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γῐγγῐ́ς; τῆς γῐγγῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γῐγγῐ́ς hē gĭngĭ́s	τὼ γῐγγῐ́δε tṑ gĭngĭ́de	αἱ γῐγγῐ́δες hai gĭngĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς γῐγγῐ́δος tês gĭngĭ́dos	τοῖν γῐγγῐ́δοιν toîn gĭngĭ́doin	τῶν γῐγγῐ́δων tôn gĭngĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ γῐγγῐ́δῐ têi gĭngĭ́dĭ	τοῖν γῐγγῐ́δοιν toîn gĭngĭ́doin	ταῖς γῐγγῐ́σῐ / γῐγγῐ́σῐν taîs gĭngĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν γῐγγῐ́δᾰ tḕn gĭngĭ́dă	τὼ γῐγγῐ́δε tṑ gĭngĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς γῐγγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s gĭngĭ́dăs
Vocative	γῐγγῐ́ς gĭngĭ́s	γῐγγῐ́δε gĭngĭ́de	γῐγγῐ́δες gĭngĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

γῐγγῐ́δῐον (gĭngĭ́dĭon)

“γιγγίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
γιγγίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γιγγίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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