τέναγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from a Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂g- (“shallow water”), though he adduces no other descendants, doubting connections with Latvian tigas (“deep spot between two shallow places”) (< *tn̥h₂g-). Others have connected Latin stāgnum (“pond, standing water”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.na.ɡos/ → /ˈte.na.ɣos/ → /ˈte.na.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.na.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.na.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.na.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.na.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.na.ɣos/

Noun

τένᾰγος • (ténagos) n (genitive τενάγους or τενάγεος); third declension

1. shoal water, shallows, lagoon, whether in the sea or in rivers

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τένᾰγος; τοῦ τενᾰ́γους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténagos	τὼ τενᾰ́γει tṑ tenágei	τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γη tà tenágē
Genitive	τοῦ τενᾰ́γους toû tenágous	τοῖν τενᾰγοῖν toîn tenagoîn	τῶν τενᾰγῶν tôn tenagôn
Dative	τῷ τενᾰ́γει tôi tenágei	τοῖν τενᾰγοῖν toîn tenagoîn	τοῖς τενᾰ́γεσῐ / τενᾰ́γεσῐν toîs tenágesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténagos	τὼ τενᾰ́γει tṑ tenágei	τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γη tà tenágē
Vocative	τένᾰγος ténagos	τενᾰ́γει tenágei	τενᾰ́γη tenágē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ τένᾰγος; τοῦ τενᾰ́γεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténagos	τὼ τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεε tṑ tenágei / tenágee	τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γεᾰ tà tenágea
Genitive	τοῦ τενᾰ́γεος / τενᾰ́γευς toû tenágeos / tenágeus	τοῖν τενᾰγέοιν toîn tenagéoin	τῶν τενᾰγέων tôn tenagéōn
Dative	τῷ τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεῐ̈ tôi tenágei / tenágeï	τοῖν τενᾰγέοιν toîn tenagéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν τενᾰ́γεσῐ / τενᾰ́γεσῐν toîsi(n) tenágesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténagos	τὼ τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεε tṑ tenágei / tenágee	τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γεᾰ tà tenágea
Vocative	τένᾰγος ténagos	τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεε tenágei / tenágee	τενᾰ́γεᾰ tenágea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• τεναγίζω (tenagízō)
• τεναγῖτις (tenagîtis)
• τεναγόομαι (tenagóomai)
• τεναγώδης (tenagṓdēs)

 

Further reading

• “τέναγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τέναγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τέναγος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011