ἀγελαῖος

See also: αγελαίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγέλη (agélē, “herd”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡe.lâi̯.os/ → /a.ʝeˈlɛ.os/ → /a.ʝeˈle.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡe.lâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡeˈlɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝeˈlɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝeˈle.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ʝeˈle.os/

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Adjective

ᾰ̓γελαῖος • (ăgelaîos) m (feminine ᾰ̓γελαίᾱ, neuter ᾰ̓γελαῖον); first/second declension

1. gregarious
2. common, ordinary

Usage notes

Aristotle makes a distinction between this and πολιτικός (politikós, “social”); social animals (a subset of gregarious animals) work to a common end, while gregarious animals do not necessarily do so.

Declension

First and second declension of ἀγελαῖος; ἀγελαίᾱ; ἀγελαῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀγελαῖος agelaîos	ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā	ἀγελαῖον agelaîon		ἀγελαίω agelaíō	ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā	ἀγελαίω agelaíō		ἀγελαῖοι agelaîoi	ἀγελαῖαι agelaîai	ἀγελαῖᾰ agelaîă
Genitive		ἀγελαίου agelaíou	ἀγελαίᾱς agelaíās	ἀγελαίου agelaíou		ἀγελαίοιν agelaíoin	ἀγελαίαιν agelaíain	ἀγελαίοιν agelaíoin		ἀγελαίων agelaíōn	ἀγελαίων agelaíōn	ἀγελαίων agelaíōn
Dative		ἀγελαίῳ agelaíōi	ἀγελαίᾳ agelaíāi	ἀγελαίῳ agelaíōi		ἀγελαίοιν agelaíoin	ἀγελαίαιν agelaíain	ἀγελαίοιν agelaíoin		ἀγελαίοις agelaíois	ἀγελαίαις agelaíais	ἀγελαίοις agelaíois
Accusative		ἀγελαῖον agelaîon	ἀγελαίᾱν agelaíān	ἀγελαῖον agelaîon		ἀγελαίω agelaíō	ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā	ἀγελαίω agelaíō		ἀγελαίους agelaíous	ἀγελαίᾱς agelaíās	ἀγελαῖᾰ agelaîă
Vocative		ἀγελαῖε agelaîe	ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā	ἀγελαῖον agelaîon		ἀγελαίω agelaíō	ἀγελαίᾱ agelaíā	ἀγελαίω agelaíō		ἀγελαῖοι agelaîoi	ἀγελαῖαι agelaîai	ἀγελαῖᾰ agelaîă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀγελαίως agelaíōs				ἀγελαιότερος agelaióteros				ἀγελαιότᾰτος agelaiótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The feminine often takes the form of the masculine.

Descendants

• Greek: αγελαίος (agelaíos)
• → Translingual: Agelaia, Agelaea

Further reading

• “ἀγελαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγελαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγελαῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγελαῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • gregarious idem, page 373.
  • herd idem, page 397.
  • herding idem, page 397.
  • social idem, page 790.