πάγιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, like πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “I fasten”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pá.ɡi.os/ → /ˈpa.ʝi.os/ → /ˈpa.ʝi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pá.ɡi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɡi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʝi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʝi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʝi.os/

Adjective

πᾰ́γῐος • (pắgĭos) m (feminine πᾰγῐ́ᾱ, neuter πᾰ́γῐον); first/second declension

1. solid

   Synonym: στερεός (stereós)

2. firm, steadfast

Inflection

First and second declension of πᾰ́γῐος; πᾰγῐ́ᾱ; πᾰ́γῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰ́γῐος pắgĭos	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ păgĭ́ā	πᾰ́γῐον pắgĭon		πᾰγῐ́ω păgĭ́ō	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ păgĭ́ā	πᾰγῐ́ω păgĭ́ō		πᾰ́γῐοι pắgĭoi	πᾰ́γῐαι pắgĭai	πᾰ́γῐᾰ pắgĭă
Genitive		πᾰγῐ́ου păgĭ́ou	πᾰγῐ́ᾱς păgĭ́ās	πᾰγῐ́ου păgĭ́ou		πᾰγῐ́οιν păgĭ́oin	πᾰγῐ́αιν păgĭ́ain	πᾰγῐ́οιν păgĭ́oin		πᾰγῐ́ων păgĭ́ōn	πᾰγῐ́ων păgĭ́ōn	πᾰγῐ́ων păgĭ́ōn
Dative		πᾰγῐ́ῳ păgĭ́ōi	πᾰγῐ́ᾳ păgĭ́āi	πᾰγῐ́ῳ păgĭ́ōi		πᾰγῐ́οιν păgĭ́oin	πᾰγῐ́αιν păgĭ́ain	πᾰγῐ́οιν păgĭ́oin		πᾰγῐ́οις păgĭ́ois	πᾰγῐ́αις păgĭ́ais	πᾰγῐ́οις păgĭ́ois
Accusative		πᾰ́γῐον pắgĭon	πᾰγῐ́ᾱν păgĭ́ān	πᾰ́γῐον pắgĭon		πᾰγῐ́ω păgĭ́ō	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ păgĭ́ā	πᾰγῐ́ω păgĭ́ō		πᾰγῐ́ους păgĭ́ous	πᾰγῐ́ᾱς păgĭ́ās	πᾰ́γῐᾰ pắgĭă
Vocative		πᾰ́γῐε pắgĭe	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ păgĭ́ā	πᾰ́γῐον pắgĭon		πᾰγῐ́ω păgĭ́ō	πᾰγῐ́ᾱ păgĭ́ā	πᾰγῐ́ω păgĭ́ō		πᾰ́γῐοι pắgĭoi	πᾰ́γῐαι pắgĭai	πᾰ́γῐᾰ pắgĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πᾰγῐ́ως păgĭ́ōs				πᾰγῐώτερος păgĭṓteros				πᾰγῐώτᾰτος păgĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• παγιότης (pagiótēs)
• παγιόω (pagióō)
• παγίωσις (pagíōsis)

 

Further reading

• “πάγιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πάγιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πάγιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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