ἀγαλλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No etymology according to Beekes. The Diccionario Griego-Español proposes a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow”), through Thracian, and subsequently influenced by the unrelated verb ἀγάλλομαι (agállomai, “to be proud, exult in”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡal.lís/ → /a.ɣalˈlis/ → /a.ɣaˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡal.lís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡalˈlis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣalˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣalˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈlis/

Noun

ἀγᾰλλῐ́ς • (agallís) f (genitive ἀγᾰλλῐ́δος); third declension

1. Greek iris (Iris attica)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀγᾰλλῐ́ς; τῆς ἀγᾰλλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγᾰλλῐ́ς hē agallís	τὼ ἀγᾰλλῐ́δε tṑ agallíde	αἱ ἀγᾰλλῐ́δες hai agallídes
Genitive	τῆς ἀγᾰλλῐ́δος tês agallídos	τοῖν ἀγᾰλλῐ́δοιν toîn agallídoin	τῶν ἀγᾰλλῐ́δων tôn agallídōn
Dative	τῇ ἀγᾰλλῐ́δῐ têi agallídi	τοῖν ἀγᾰλλῐ́δοιν toîn agallídoin	ταῖς ἀγᾰλλῐ́σῐ / ἀγᾰλλῐ́σῐν taîs agallísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀγᾰλλῐ́δᾰ tḕn agallída	τὼ ἀγᾰλλῐ́δε tṑ agallíde	τᾱ̀ς ἀγᾰλλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s agallídas
Vocative	ἀγᾰλλῐ́ς agallís	ἀγᾰλλῐ́δε agallíde	ἀγᾰλλῐ́δες agallídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• ἀνᾰγᾰλλῐ́ς (anagallís)

Further reading

• “ἀγαλλίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγαλλίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγαλλίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀγαλλίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7