ἀγγαρεία

See also: αγγαρεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγγαρος (ángaros) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡa.rěː.aː/ → /aŋ.ɡaˈri.a/ → /aŋ.ɡaˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡa.rěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡaˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡaˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡaˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡaˈri.a/

Noun

ἀγγᾰρείᾱ • (angăreíā) f (genitive ἀγγᾰρείᾱς); first declension

1. community service, impressment into public service

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓γγᾰρείᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓γγᾰρείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓γγᾰρείᾱ hē ăngăreíā
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γγᾰρείᾱς tês ăngăreíās
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γγᾰρείᾳ têi ăngăreíāi
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓γγᾰρείᾱν tḕn ăngăreíān
Vocative	ᾰ̓γγᾰρείᾱ ăngăreíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αγγαρεία (angareía)
• → Latin: angaria
  • Galician: angueira
  • Italian: angheria
  • Portuguese: angueira
  • Spanish: árganas
  • → Catalan: angaria
  • → French: angarie
    • → English: angary
  • → Portuguese: angaria

Further reading

• ἀγγαρεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγγαρεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀγγαρεία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀγγαρεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press