ἀφυσγετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Nicander did not understand the meaning any longer and connected it with ἀφύσσω (aphússō, “to draw or scoop liquids”). Formation like συρφετός (surphetós, “sweepings, refuse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pʰyz.ɡe.tós/ → /a.ɸyz.ʝeˈtos/ → /a.fiz.ʝeˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰyz.ɡe.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.pʰyz.ɡeˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɸyz.ʝeˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.fyz.ʝeˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.fiz.ʝeˈtos/

Noun

ἀφῠσγετός • (aphusgetós) m (genitive ἀφῠσγετοῦ); second declension

1. mud and rubbish which a stream carries with it

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀφῠσγετός; τοῦ ἀφῠσγετοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀφῠσγετός ho aphusgetós	τὼ ἀφῠσγετώ tṑ aphusgetṓ	οἱ ἀφῠσγετοί hoi aphusgetoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀφῠσγετοῦ toû aphusgetoû	τοῖν ἀφῠσγετοῖν toîn aphusgetoîn	τῶν ἀφῠσγετῶν tôn aphusgetôn
Dative	τῷ ἀφῠσγετῷ tôi aphusgetôi	τοῖν ἀφῠσγετοῖν toîn aphusgetoîn	τοῖς ἀφῠσγετοῖς toîs aphusgetoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀφῠσγετόν tòn aphusgetón	τὼ ἀφῠσγετώ tṑ aphusgetṓ	τοὺς ἀφῠσγετούς toùs aphusgetoús
Vocative	ἀφῠσγετέ aphusgeté	ἀφῠσγετώ aphusgetṓ	ἀφῠσγετοί aphusgetoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀφυσγετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀφυσγετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀφυσγετός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀφυσγετός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀφυσγετός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀφυσγετός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀφυσγετός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180