πύγαργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump, tail”) +‎ ἀργός (argós, “white, bright”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py̌ː.ɡar.ɡos/ → /ˈpy.ɣar.ɣos/ → /ˈpi.ɣar.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py̌ː.ɡar.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ɡar.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ɣar.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ɣar.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɣar.ɣos/

Noun

πῡ́γᾰργος • (pū́gărgos) m (genitive πῡγᾰ́ργου); second declension

1. kind of antelope with a white rump
2. hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
3. dipper (Cinclus cinclus)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πῡ́γᾰργος; τοῦ πῡγᾰ́ργου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῡ́γᾰργος ho pū́gărgos	τὼ πῡγᾰ́ργω tṑ pūgắrgō	οἱ πῡ́γᾰργοι hoi pū́gărgoi
Genitive	τοῦ πῡγᾰ́ργου toû pūgắrgou	τοῖν πῡγᾰ́ργοιν toîn pūgắrgoin	τῶν πῡγᾰ́ργων tôn pūgắrgōn
Dative	τῷ πῡγᾰ́ργῳ tôi pūgắrgōi	τοῖν πῡγᾰ́ργοιν toîn pūgắrgoin	τοῖς πῡγᾰ́ργοις toîs pūgắrgois
Accusative	τὸν πῡ́γᾰργον tòn pū́gărgon	τὼ πῡγᾰ́ργω tṑ pūgắrgō	τοὺς πῡγᾰ́ργους toùs pūgắrgous
Vocative	πῡ́γᾰργε pū́gărge	πῡγᾰ́ργω pūgắrgō	πῡ́γᾰργοι pū́gărgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pȳgargus

Further reading

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