λαγών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (“weak, faint”) the same root of λαγαρός (lagarós, “hollow, sunken”), λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”), λάγνος (lágnos, “lascivious”), λήγω (lḗgō, “to stop, cease”) and λωγάνιον (lōgánion, “dewlap of oxen”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.ɡɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈɡon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈɣon/

Noun

λᾰγών • (lăgṓn) f or m (genitive λᾰγόνος); third declension

(anatomy) hollow on each side below the ribs, flank
Synonym: κενεών (keneṓn)
(in the plural, in Later Greek) womb
(figuratively) any hollow, also of cups
flank of a mountain
side of a grave

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ λᾰγών; τοῦ, τῆς λᾰγόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ λᾰγών ho, hē lăgṓn	τὼ λᾰγόνε tṑ lăgóne	οἱ, αἱ λᾰγόνες hoi, hai lăgónes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς λᾰγόνος toû, tês lăgónos	τοῖν λᾰγόνοιν toîn lăgónoin	τῶν λᾰγόνων tôn lăgónōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ λᾰγόνῐ tōî, tēî lăgónĭ	τοῖν λᾰγόνοιν toîn lăgónoin	τοῖς, ταῖς λᾰγόσῐ / λᾰγόσῐν toîs, taîs lăgósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν λᾰγόνᾰ tòn, tḕn lăgónă	τὼ λᾰγόνε tṑ lăgóne	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λᾰγόνᾰς toùs, tā̀s lăgónăs
Vocative	λᾰγών lăgṓn	λᾰγόνε lăgóne	λᾰγόνες lăgónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: λαγόνα (lagóna)

Greek

Noun

λαγών • (lagón) m

genitive plural of λαγός (lagós)

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Noun