γυργαθός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γέργαθος (gérgathos), γύργαθον (gúrgathon), γύργαθος (gúrgathos)

Etymology

According to Beekes either from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to twist; to plait”), like γέρρον (gérrhon), or from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡyr.ɡa.tʰós/ → /ʝyr.ɣaˈθos/ → /ʝir.ɣaˈθos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡyr.ɡa.tʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡyr.ɡaˈtʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝyr.ɣaˈθos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝyr.ɣaˈθos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝir.ɣaˈθos/

Noun

γυργᾰθός • (gurgathós) m (genitive γυργᾰθοῦ); second declension

1. wicker basket, creel
2. net woven by tarantulas
3. cage for insane patients

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γυργᾰθός; τοῦ γυργᾰθοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γυργᾰθός ho gurgathós	τὼ γυργᾰθώ tṑ gurgathṓ	οἱ γυργᾰθοί hoi gurgathoí
Genitive	τοῦ γυργᾰθοῦ toû gurgathoû	τοῖν γυργᾰθοῖν toîn gurgathoîn	τῶν γυργᾰθῶν tôn gurgathôn
Dative	τῷ γυργᾰθῷ tôi gurgathôi	τοῖν γυργᾰθοῖν toîn gurgathoîn	τοῖς γυργᾰθοῖς toîs gurgathoîs
Accusative	τὸν γυργᾰθόν tòn gurgathón	τὼ γυργᾰθώ tṑ gurgathṓ	τοὺς γυργᾰθούς toùs gurgathoús
Vocative	γυργᾰθέ gurgathé	γυργᾰθώ gurgathṓ	γυργᾰθοί gurgathoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γυργαθίον (gurgathíon)

Further reading

• “γυργαθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γυργαθός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γυργαθός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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