ἀγαυός
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly related to ἀγάομαι (agáomai, “to admire”) (Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”)) or ἀγασθαί (agasthaí, “to wonder, look at”), from ἀ- (a-) + γηθέω (gēthéō, “rejoice”) (compare also γαῦρος (gaûros, “conceited, arrogant”)). But, due to the rare υό element, it may be Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡau̯.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡaˈwos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈβos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈvos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈvos/
Adjective
[edit]ἀγαυός • (agauós) m (feminine ἀγαυή, neuter ἀγαυόν); first/second declension
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀγαυός agauós |
ἀγαυή agauḗ |
ἀγαυόν agauón |
ἀγαυώ agauṓ |
ἀγαυᾱ́ agauā́ |
ἀγαυώ agauṓ |
ἀγαυοί agauoí |
ἀγαυαί agauaí |
ἀγαυᾰ́ agauá | |||||
Genitive | ἀγαυοῦ agauoû |
ἀγαυῆς agauês |
ἀγαυοῦ agauoû |
ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn |
ἀγαυαῖν agauaîn |
ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn |
ἀγαυῶν agauôn |
ἀγαυῶν agauôn |
ἀγαυῶν agauôn | |||||
Dative | ἀγαυῷ agauôi |
ἀγαυῇ agauêi |
ἀγαυῷ agauôi |
ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn |
ἀγαυαῖν agauaîn |
ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn |
ἀγαυοῖς agauoîs |
ἀγαυαῖς agauaîs |
ἀγαυοῖς agauoîs | |||||
Accusative | ἀγαυόν agauón |
ἀγαυήν agauḗn |
ἀγαυόν agauón |
ἀγαυώ agauṓ |
ἀγαυᾱ́ agauā́ |
ἀγαυώ agauṓ |
ἀγαυούς agauoús |
ἀγαυᾱ́ς agauā́s |
ἀγαυᾰ́ agauá | |||||
Vocative | ἀγαυέ agaué |
ἀγαυή agauḗ |
ἀγαυόν agauón |
ἀγαυώ agauṓ |
ἀγαυᾱ́ agauā́ |
ἀγαυώ agauṓ |
ἀγαυοί agauoí |
ἀγαυαί agauaí |
ἀγαυᾰ́ agauá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀγαυῶς agauôs |
ἀγαυότερος agauóteros |
ἀγαυότᾰτος agauótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- Ἀγαύη (Agaúē)
References
[edit]- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “ἀγαυός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀγαυός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἀγαυός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press