ἀτρύγετος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally said to be ἀ- (a-) +‎ τρυγάω (trugáō, “to harvest”) +‎ -τος (-tos), but Beekes calls this unlikely (it would produce Ionic ἀτρύγητος) and instead prefers the suggestion by Vine of un-dry-able.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.trý.ɡe.tos/ → /aˈtry.ʝe.tos/ → /aˈtri.ʝe.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.trý.ɡe.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈtry.ɡe.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈtry.ʝe.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈtry.ʝe.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈtri.ʝe.tos/

Adjective

ἀτρύγετος • (atrúgetos) m or f (neuter ἀτρύγετον); second declension

1. (chiefly Epic) traditionally said to mean barren, unharvestable (epithet of the sea and the sky)

Declension

Second declension of ἀτρῠ́γετος; ἀτρῠ́γετον (Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀτρῠ́γετος atrŭ́getos	ἀτρῠ́γετον atrŭ́geton		ἀτρῠγέτω atrŭgétō	ἀτρῠγέτω atrŭgétō		ἀτρῠ́γετοι atrŭ́getoi	ἀτρῠ́γετᾰ atrŭ́getă
Genitive		ἀτρῠγέτου / ἀτρῠγετοῖο / ἀτρῠγέτοιο / ἀτρῠγετόο / ἀτρῠγέτοο atrŭgétou / atrŭgetoîo / atrŭgétoio / atrŭgetóo / atrŭgétoo	ἀτρῠγέτου / ἀτρῠγετοῖο / ἀτρῠγέτοιο / ἀτρῠγετόο / ἀτρῠγέτοο atrŭgétou / atrŭgetoîo / atrŭgétoio / atrŭgetóo / atrŭgétoo		ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrŭgétoiĭn	ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrŭgétoiĭn		ἀτρῠγέτων atrŭgétōn	ἀτρῠγέτων atrŭgétōn
Dative		ἀτρῠγέτῳ atrŭgétōi	ἀτρῠγέτῳ atrŭgétōi		ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrŭgétoiĭn	ἀτρῠγέτοιῐν atrŭgétoiĭn		ἀτρῠγέτοισῐ / ἀτρῠγέτοισῐν / ἀτρῠγέτοις atrŭgétoisĭ(n) / atrŭgétois	ἀτρῠγέτοισῐ / ἀτρῠγέτοισῐν / ἀτρῠγέτοις atrŭgétoisĭ(n) / atrŭgétois
Accusative		ἀτρῠ́γετον atrŭ́geton	ἀτρῠ́γετον atrŭ́geton		ἀτρῠγέτω atrŭgétō	ἀτρῠγέτω atrŭgétō		ἀτρῠγέτους atrŭgétous	ἀτρῠ́γετᾰ atrŭ́getă
Vocative		ἀτρῠ́γετε atrŭ́gete	ἀτρῠ́γετον atrŭ́geton		ἀτρῠγέτω atrŭgétō	ἀτρῠγέτω atrŭgétō		ἀτρῠ́γετοι atrŭ́getoi	ἀτρῠ́γετᾰ atrŭ́getă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀτρῠγέτως atrŭgétōs			ἀτρῠγετώτερος atrŭgetṓteros			ἀτρῠγετώτᾰτος atrŭgetṓtătos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• > Greek: ατρύγητος (atrýgitos) (inherited)

Further reading

• “ἀτρύγετος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀτρύγετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτρύγετος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀτρύγετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press