ἀρραγής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ ῥήγνῡμι (rhḗgnūmi, “to break, shatter”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar̥.r̥a.ɡɛ̌ːs/ → /ar.raˈʝis/ → /a.raˈʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar̥.r̥a.ɡɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.raˈɡe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.raˈʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.raˈʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.raˈʝis/

Adjective

ἀρρᾰγής • (arrhăgḗs) m or f (neuter ἀρρᾰγές); third declension

1. unbroken (not divided into parts)

   Synonyms: ἄθραυστος (áthraustos), ἄκλᾰστος (áklăstos), ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos)

2. unbreakable (that cannot be rent or broken)

   Synonym: ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos)

3. (of an eye) not bursting into tears

Declension

Third declension of ἀρρᾰγής; ἀρρᾰγές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀρρᾰγής arrhăgḗs	ἀρρᾰγές arrhăgés		ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî	ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî		ἀρρᾰγεῖς arrhăgeîs	ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhăgê
Genitive		ἀρρᾰγοῦς arrhăgoûs	ἀρρᾰγοῦς arrhăgoûs		ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhăgoîn	ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhăgoîn		ἀρρᾰγῶν arrhăgôn	ἀρρᾰγῶν arrhăgôn
Dative		ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî	ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî		ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhăgoîn	ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhăgoîn		ἀρρᾰγέσῐ / ἀρρᾰγέσῐν arrhăgésĭ(n)	ἀρρᾰγέσῐ / ἀρρᾰγέσῐν arrhăgésĭ(n)
Accusative		ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhăgê	ἀρρᾰγές arrhăgés		ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî	ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî		ἀρρᾰγεῖς arrhăgeîs	ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhăgê
Vocative		ἀρρᾰγές arrhăgés	ἀρρᾰγές arrhăgés		ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî	ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî		ἀρρᾰγεῖς arrhăgeîs	ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhăgê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀρρᾰγῶς arrhăgôs			ἀρρᾰγέστερος arrhăgésteros			ἀρρᾰγέστᾰτος arrhăgéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀρραγής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρραγής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρραγής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)