σταγών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See στάζω (stázō, “to drip”). Stem σταγ-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sta.ɡɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /staˈɡon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /staˈɣon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /staˈɣon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /staˈɣon/

Noun

στᾰγών • (stăgṓn) f (genitive στᾰγόνος); third declension

A drop (of liquids)
Synonyms: πέμφιξ (pémphix), ῥαθάμιγξ (rhatháminx), ῥανίς (rhanís), στράγξ (stránx), ψακάς (psakás), ψιάς (psiás)
A kind of metal, perhaps orichalcum

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στᾰγών; τῆς στᾰγόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στᾰγών hē stăgṓn	τὼ στᾰγόνε tṑ stăgóne	αἱ στᾰγόνες hai stăgónes
Genitive	τῆς στᾰγόνος tês stăgónos	τοῖν στᾰγόνοιν toîn stăgónoin	τῶν στᾰγόνων tôn stăgónōn
Dative	τῇ στᾰγόνῐ têi stăgónĭ	τοῖν στᾰγόνοιν toîn stăgónoin	ταῖς στᾰγόσῐ / στᾰγόσῐν taîs stăgósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν στᾰγόνᾰ tḕn stăgónă	τὼ στᾰγόνε tṑ stăgóne	τᾱ̀ς στᾰγόνᾰς tā̀s stăgónăs
Vocative	στᾰγών stăgṓn	στᾰγόνε stăgóne	στᾰγόνες stăgónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

στάζω (stázō, “drip”) & its compounds

Derived and related words

ἁβροστᾰγής (habrostăgḗs, “dropping rich unguents”)
αἱματοστᾰγής (haimatostăgḗs, “blood-dripping”)
αἱμοστᾰγής (haimostăgḗs, “blood-dripping”)
ἀπόσταγμα n (apóstagma, “that which trickles down”)
ἀπόσταξις f (apóstaxis, “nose-bleeding”)
ἀστᾰγής (astăgḗs, “not trickling”)
βοτρῠοστᾰγής (botrŭostăgḗs, “dripping with grapes”)
δειμᾰτοστᾰγής (deimătostăgḗs, “reeking with horror”)
ἐπίσταγμα n (epístagma, “anything dropped on”)
ἐπισταγμός m (epistagmós, “κόρυζα, mucous from the nostrils”)
ἐπίσταξις f (epístaxis, “dropping”)
κατασταγμός m (katastagmós, “running at the nose”)
κατάσταξις f (katástaxis, “dropping down, dripping”)
μελιστᾰγής (melistăgḗs, “dropping honey”)
μῠροστᾰγής (mŭrostăgḗs, “dripping with unguent”)
νεκτᾰροστᾰγής (nektărostăgḗs, “dropping nectar”)
ὀμμᾰτοστᾰγεῖς (ommătostăgeîs, “of welling tears”) (plural, of feminine noun) πηγαί (pēgaí, “fountains”)
πᾰλαιστᾰγὴς (pălaistăgḕs, “that has become oily from age”) (of wine)
παρένσταξις f (parénstaxis, “dropping in”)
πολυστᾰγῶς (polustăgôs, “dropping fast”, adverb)
ῥοδόσταγμα n (rhodóstagma, “extract of roses”)
στάγδην (stágdēn, “drop by drop”, adverb)
στάγες f pl (stáges, irregular plural nominative of σταγών as from στάξ)
στᾰγετός m (stăgetós, “drop”)* στάγμα n (stágma, “that which drips”)
σταγματοπώλης m (stagmatopṓlēs, “seller of aromatic oils”)
στᾰγονιαῖος (stăgoniaîos, “in drops”)
στᾰγονίας m (stăgonías, “running in drops”)
στᾰγονῖτις f (stăgonîtis, “χαλβάνη, resinous juice of all-heal”)
στᾰγονόθαλπος m (stăgonóthalpos, “one who melts and purifies metals”)
στακτός (staktós)
στάξ f (stáx, “σταγών, drop”)
στάξις f (stáxis, “dripping”)
ψυχροστᾰγής (psukhrostăgḗs, “congealed”)

Descendants

Greek: σταγόνα (stagóna)

References

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σταγών.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /staˈɣon/
Hyphenation: στα‧γών

Noun

σταγών • (stagón) f (plural σταγόνες)

(Katharevousa) form of σταγόνα

Related terms

σταγονίδιον (stagonídion) (Katharevousa form of σταγονίδιο)