γόγγρος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡóŋ.ɡros/ → /ˈɣoŋ.ɡros/ → /ˈɣoŋ.ɡros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡóŋ.ɡros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoŋ.ɡros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣoŋ.ɡros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣoŋ.ɡros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣoŋ.ɡros/

Noun

γόγγρος • (góngros) m (genitive γόγγρου); second declension

1. conger eel (eel of the family Congridae)
   • 408 BCE – 334 BCE, Antiphanes Comicus, 26 12
   • 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis, 15 15
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 571a.28
2. (phytopathology) tubercular disease in olive trees
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 1.8.6

Declension

Second declension of ὁ γόγγρος; τοῦ γόγγρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γόγγρος ho góngros	τὼ γόγγρω tṑ góngrō	οἱ γόγγροι hoi góngroi
Genitive	τοῦ γόγγρου toû góngrou	τοῖν γόγγροιν toîn góngroin	τῶν γόγγρων tôn góngrōn
Dative	τῷ γόγγρῳ tôi góngrōi	τοῖν γόγγροιν toîn góngroin	τοῖς γόγγροις toîs góngrois
Accusative	τὸν γόγγρον tòn góngron	τὼ γόγγρω tṑ góngrō	τοὺς γόγγρους toùs góngrous
Vocative	γόγγρε góngre	γόγγρω góngrō	γόγγροι góngroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: conger (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• γόγγρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γόγγρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “γόγγρος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “γόγγρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press