γυργαθός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • γέργαθος (gérgathos), γύργαθον (gúrgathon), γύργαθος (gúrgathos)

Etymology

According to Beekes either from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to twist; to plait”), like γέρρον (gérrhon), or from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γυργᾰθός • (gurgăthós) m (genitive γυργᾰθοῦ); second declension

  1. wicker basket, creel
  2. net woven by tarantulas
  3. cage for insane patients

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γυργᾰθός; τοῦ γυργᾰθοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ γυργᾰθός
ho gurgăthós 		τὼ γυργᾰθώ
tṑ gurgăthṓ 		οἱ γυργᾰθοί
hoi gurgăthoí
Genitive τοῦ γυργᾰθοῦ
toû gurgăthoû 		τοῖν γυργᾰθοῖν
toîn gurgăthoîn 		τῶν γυργᾰθῶν
tôn gurgăthôn
Dative τῷ γυργᾰθῷ
tōî gurgăthōî 		τοῖν γυργᾰθοῖν
toîn gurgăthoîn 		τοῖς γυργᾰθοῖς
toîs gurgăthoîs
Accusative τὸν γυργᾰθόν
tòn gurgăthón 		τὼ γυργᾰθώ
tṑ gurgăthṓ 		τοὺς γυργᾰθούς
toùs gurgăthoús
Vocative γυργᾰθέ
gurgăthé 		γυργᾰθώ
gurgăthṓ 		γυργᾰθοί
gurgăthoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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