ἀτταγᾶς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀτταγήν (attagḗn), ἀτταγῆς (attagês), ταγήν (tagḗn)

Etymology

Unexplained. It is called onomatopoeic by Claudius Aelianus after its cry. It could be a Pre-Greek word, in view of the suffix of the variant ἀτταγήν (attagḗn).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /at.ta.ɡâːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /at.taˈɡas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /at.taˈɣas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /at.taˈɣas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.taˈɣas/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ἀ by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

ἀττᾰγᾶς • (attăgâs) m (genitive ἀττᾰγᾶ); first declension

black francolin (Francolinus francolinus)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀττᾰγᾶς; τοῦ ἀττᾰγᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀττᾰγᾶς ho attăgâs	τὼ ἀττᾰγᾶ tṑ attăgâ	οἱ ἀττᾰγαῖ hoi attăgaî
Genitive	τοῦ ἀττᾰγᾶ toû attăgâ	τοῖν ἀττᾰγαῖν toîn attăgaîn	τῶν ἀττᾰγῶν tôn attăgôn
Dative	τῷ ἀττᾰγᾷ tôi attăgâi	τοῖν ἀττᾰγαῖν toîn attăgaîn	τοῖς ἀττᾰγαῖς toîs attăgaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀττᾰγᾶν tòn attăgân	τὼ ἀττᾰγᾶ tṑ attăgâ	τοὺς ἀττᾰγᾶς toùs attăgâs
Vocative	ἀττᾰγᾶ attăgâ	ἀττᾰγᾶ attăgâ	ἀττᾰγαῖ attăgaî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀτταγεινός (attageinós)

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