ἀττάραγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /at.tá.ra.ɡos/ → /atˈta.ra.ɣos/ → /aˈta.ra.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /at.tá.ra.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /atˈta.ra.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /atˈta.ra.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /atˈta.ra.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈta.ra.ɣos/

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Noun

ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγος • (attắrăgos) m (genitive ἀττᾰρᾰ́γου); second declension

1. crumb, morsel of bread

   Synonyms: ἄκολος (ákolos), βλωμός (blōmós), ψῑ́ξ (psī́x), ψωμός (psōmós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγος; τοῦ ἀττᾰρᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγος ho attắrăgos	τὼ ἀττᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ attărắgō	οἱ ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγοι hoi attắrăgoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀττᾰρᾰ́γου toû attărắgou	τοῖν ἀττᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn attărắgoin	τῶν ἀττᾰρᾰ́γων tôn attărắgōn
Dative	τῷ ἀττᾰρᾰ́γῳ tôi attărắgōi	τοῖν ἀττᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn attărắgoin	τοῖς ἀττᾰρᾰ́γοις toîs attărắgois
Accusative	τὸν ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγον tòn attắrăgon	τὼ ἀττᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ attărắgō	τοὺς ἀττᾰρᾰ́γους toùs attărắgous
Vocative	ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγε attắrăge	ἀττᾰρᾰ́γω attărắgō	ἀττᾰ́ρᾰγοι attắrăgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀττάραγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀττάραγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀττάραγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀττάραγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 166