ἄγγουρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Plant names are generally of substrate origin, so a Pre-Greek borrowing is conceivable; this is corroborated by the presence of -γγ- (-ng-) and the suffix -ουρο- (-ouro-).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /áŋ.ɡuː.ron/ → /ˈaŋ.ɡu.ron/ → /ˈaŋ.ɡu.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /áŋ.ɡuː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ɡu.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ɡu.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ɡu.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ.ɡu.ron/

Noun

ᾰ̓́γγουρον • (ángouron) n (genitive ᾰ̓γγούρου); second declension

1. (botany) cucumber

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́γγουρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓γγούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́γγουρον tò ángouron	τὼ ᾰ̓γγούρω tṑ angoúrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́γγουρᾰ tà ángoura
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓γγούρου toû angoúrou	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγούροιν toîn angoúroin	τῶν ᾰ̓γγούρων tôn angoúrōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓γγούρῳ tôi angoúrōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γγούροιν toîn angoúroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓γγούροις toîs angoúrois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́γγουρον tò ángouron	τὼ ᾰ̓γγούρω tṑ angoúrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́γγουρᾰ tà ángoura
Vocative	ᾰ̓́γγουρον ángouron	ᾰ̓γγούρω angoúrō	ᾰ̓́γγουρᾰ ángoura
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓γγουρέᾱ f (angouréā)
• ᾰ̓γγούρῐον (angoúrion)
• ᾰ̓γγουρόσπορος m (angourósporos, “seed of cucumber”)

Further reading

• ἄγγουρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 38: “-ουρ-”