πνιγεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πνῑ́γω (pnī́gō, “to choke, stifle”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pni.ɡěu̯s/ → /pniˈʝeɸs/ → /pniˈʝefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pni.ɡěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pniˈɡews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pniˈʝeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pniˈʝefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pniˈʝefs/

Noun

πνῐγεύς • (pnigeús) m (genitive πνῐγέως); third declension

1. damper, cover for a stove
2. hydraulic instrument in which air is pent up
3. muzzle for horses

   Synonyms: κημός (kēmós), φιμός (phimós)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πνῐγεύς; τοῦ πνῐγέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πνῐγεύς ho pnigeús	τὼ πνῐγῆ tṑ pnigê	οἱ πνῐγῆς / πνῐγεῖς hoi pnigês / pnigeîs
Genitive	τοῦ πνῐγέως toû pnigéōs	τοῖν πνῐγέοιν toîn pnigéoin	τῶν πνῐγέων tôn pnigéōn
Dative	τῷ πνῐγεῖ tôi pnigeî	τοῖν πνῐγέοιν toîn pnigéoin	τοῖς πνῐγεῦσῐ / πνῐγεῦσῐν toîs pnigeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πνῐγέᾱ tòn pnigéā	τὼ πνῐγῆ tṑ pnigê	τοὺς πνῐγέᾱς toùs pnigéās
Vocative	πνῐγεῦ pnigeû	πνῐγῆ pnigê	πνῐγῆς / πνῐγεῖς pnigês / pnigeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πνιγεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πνιγεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πνιγεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • oven idem, page 584.