ἀρωγός

See also: αρωγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρήγω (arḗgō) +‎ -ός (-ós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.rɔː.ɡós/ → /a.roˈɣos/ → /a.roˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rɔː.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.roˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.roˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.roˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.roˈɣos/

Adjective

ἀρωγός • (arōgós) m or f (neuter ἀρωγόν); second declension

1. aiding, succoring, propitious [with dative]
2. serviceable [with dative or genitive or πρός (prós, + accusative) ‘towards’]
3. (nominalized, masculine) helper, aid (especially in battle)
4. (nominalized, masculine, law) defender before a tribunal, advocate

Declension

Second declension of ἀρωγός; ἀρωγόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀρωγός arōgós	ἀρωγόν arōgón		ἀρωγώ arōgṓ	ἀρωγώ arōgṓ		ἀρωγοί arōgoí	ἀρωγᾰ́ arōgá
Genitive		ἀρωγοῦ arōgoû	ἀρωγοῦ arōgoû		ἀρωγοῖν arōgoîn	ἀρωγοῖν arōgoîn		ἀρωγῶν arōgôn	ἀρωγῶν arōgôn
Dative		ἀρωγῷ arōgôi	ἀρωγῷ arōgôi		ἀρωγοῖν arōgoîn	ἀρωγοῖν arōgoîn		ἀρωγοῖς arōgoîs	ἀρωγοῖς arōgoîs
Accusative		ἀρωγόν arōgón	ἀρωγόν arōgón		ἀρωγώ arōgṓ	ἀρωγώ arōgṓ		ἀρωγούς arōgoús	ἀρωγᾰ́ arōgá
Vocative		ἀρωγέ arōgé	ἀρωγόν arōgón		ἀρωγώ arōgṓ	ἀρωγώ arōgṓ		ἀρωγοί arōgoí	ἀρωγᾰ́ arōgá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀρωγῶς arōgôs			ἀρωγότερος arōgóteros			ἀρωγότᾰτος arōgótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αρωγός (arogós)

Further reading

• “ἀρωγός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀρωγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρωγός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀρωγός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀρωγός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀρωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀρωγός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aider idem, page 20.
  • assistant idem, page 46.
  • assisting idem, page 46.
  • auxiliary idem, page 54.
  • helper idem, page 395.
  • helping idem, page 396.