γάρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γάρον (gáron)
Etymology
Unknown, possibly the name of a fish or a different sauce.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡá.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣa.ros/
Noun
γᾰ́ρος • (gắros) m (genitive γᾰ́ρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ γᾰ́ρος ho gắros |
τὼ γᾰ́ρω tṑ gắrō |
οἱ γᾰ́ροι hoi gắroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γᾰ́ρου toû gắrou |
τοῖν γᾰ́ροιν toîn gắroin |
τῶν γᾰ́ρων tôn gắrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γᾰ́ρῳ tōî gắrōi |
τοῖν γᾰ́ροιν toîn gắroin |
τοῖς γᾰ́ροις toîs gắrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν γᾰ́ρον tòn gắron |
τὼ γᾰ́ρω tṑ gắrō |
τοὺς γᾰ́ρους toùs gắrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γᾰ́ρε gắre |
γᾰ́ρω gắrō |
γᾰ́ροι gắroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γᾰρᾰ́ρῐον (gărắrĭon)
- γᾰρέλαιον (gărélaion)
- γᾰρηρόν (gărērón)
- γᾰρῖνος (gărînos)
- γᾰρῐ́σκος (gărĭ́skos)
- ἐλαιόγᾰρον (elaiógăron)
- ὀξῠ́γᾰρον (oxŭ́găron)
Descendants
- → Latin: garum
Further reading
- “γάρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γάρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γάρος 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
- Smith, Andrew F. (1998). "From Garum to Ketchup. A Spicy Tale of Two Fish Sauces". In Walker, Harlan (ed.). Fish: Food from the Waters. Oxford Symposium. pp. 299–306. →ISBN.