ναγεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νάσσω (nássō, “to press”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /na.ɡěu̯s/ → /naˈʝeɸs/ → /naˈʝefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /na.ɡěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naˈɡews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naˈʝeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /naˈʝefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /naˈʝefs/

Noun

νᾰγεύς • (năgeús) m (genitive νᾰγέως); third declension

1. pestle

   Synonyms: ἄκμων (ákmōn), ἀλετρίβανος (aletríbanos), δοῖδυξ (doîdux), κόπανον (kópanon), λᾰ́κτῐς (lắktĭs), ὕπερος (húperos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ νᾰγεύς; τοῦ νᾰγέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νᾰγεύς ho năgeús	τὼ νᾰγῆ tṑ năgê	οἱ νᾰγῆς / νᾰγεῖς hoi năgês / năgeîs
Genitive	τοῦ νᾰγέως toû năgéōs	τοῖν νᾰγέοιν toîn năgéoin	τῶν νᾰγέων tôn năgéōn
Dative	τῷ νᾰγεῖ tôi năgeî	τοῖν νᾰγέοιν toîn năgéoin	τοῖς νᾰγεῦσῐ / νᾰγεῦσῐν toîs năgeûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν νᾰγέᾱ tòn năgéā	τὼ νᾰγῆ tṑ năgê	τοὺς νᾰγέᾱς toùs năgéās
Vocative	νᾰγεῦ năgeû	νᾰγῆ năgê	νᾰγῆς / νᾰγεῖς năgês / năgeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ναγεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ναγεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette