ἔκπαγλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to πλάγια (flanks of an army), πλαγγ- (send astray). Probably not related to plango, πλήσσω. (Beek, "The development of the Proto-Indo-European syllabic liquids in Greek," 2013)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.pa.ɡlos/ → /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/ → /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.pa.ɡlos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɡlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/

Adjective

ἔκπαγλος • (ékpaglos) m or f (neuter ἔκπᾰγλον); second declension

1. (in earlier writers) terrible, violent
2. (in later writers) marvelous, wondrous

Declension

Second declension of ἔκπᾰγλος; ἔκπᾰγλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἔκπᾰγλος ékpăglos	ἔκπᾰγλον ékpăglon		ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō	ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō		ἔκπᾰγλοι ékpăgloi	ἔκπᾰγλᾰ ékpăglă
Genitive		ἐκπᾰ́γλου ekpắglou	ἐκπᾰ́γλου ekpắglou		ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpắgloin	ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpắgloin		ἐκπᾰ́γλων ekpắglōn	ἐκπᾰ́γλων ekpắglōn
Dative		ἐκπᾰ́γλῳ ekpắglōi	ἐκπᾰ́γλῳ ekpắglōi		ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpắgloin	ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpắgloin		ἐκπᾰ́γλοις ekpắglois	ἐκπᾰ́γλοις ekpắglois
Accusative		ἔκπᾰγλον ékpăglon	ἔκπᾰγλον ékpăglon		ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō	ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō		ἐκπᾰ́γλους ekpắglous	ἔκπᾰγλᾰ ékpăglă
Vocative		ἔκπᾰγλε ékpăgle	ἔκπᾰγλον ékpăglon		ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō	ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō		ἔκπᾰγλοι ékpăgloi	ἔκπᾰγλᾰ ékpăglă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐκπᾰ́γλως ekpắglōs			ἐκπᾰγλότερος ekpăglóteros			ἐκπᾰγλότᾰτος ekpăglótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐκπαγλέομαι (ekpagléomai)
• ἐκπαγλότης (ekpaglótēs)

Descendants

• Greek: έκπαγλος (ékpaglos)

Further reading

• “ἔκπαγλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔκπαγλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔκπαγλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἔκπαγλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἔκπαγλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔκπαγλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amazing idem, page 26.
  • astonishing idem, page 48.
  • extraordinary idem, page 297.
  • marvellous idem, page 516.
  • monstrous idem, page 539.
  • phenomenal idem, page 610.
  • prodigious idem, page 644.
  • remarkable idem, page 692.
  • strange idem, page 823.
  • stupendous idem, page 829.
  • vast idem, page 945.
  • wonderful idem, page 987.