λαγώς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λᾰγῶς (lăgôs)
λᾰγωός (lăgōós) — Homeric
λᾰγός (lăgós) — Ionic

Etymology

From *λαγοωυσός (*lagoōusós, “with flabby ears”), from *λαγο- (*lago-) (possibly the same root as English slack) and οὖς (oûs).^[1] Typologically compare Ossetian тӕрхъус (tærqus, “hare”, literally “long-ear”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.ɡɔ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈɣos/

Noun

λᾰγώς • (lăgṓs) m (genitive λᾰγώ); second declension

hare
Synonyms: δασύπους (dasúpous), πτώξ (ptṓx)
coward
sea hare (gastropod of the genus Aplysia)
(astronomy) Lepus, a winter constellation
kind of bandage

Inflection

Attic second declension of ὁ λᾰγώς; τοῦ λᾰγώ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰγώς ho lăgṓs	τὼ λᾰγώ tṑ lăgṓ	οἱ λᾰγῴ hoi lăgōí
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰγώ toû lăgṓ	τοῖν λᾰγῴν toîn lăgōín	τῶν λᾰγών tôn lăgṓn
Dative	τῷ λᾰγῴ tōî lăgōí	τοῖν λᾰγῴν toîn lăgōín	τοῖς λᾰγῴς toîs lăgōís
Accusative	τὸν λᾰγώ / λᾰγών tòn lăgṓ(n)	τὼ λᾰγώ tṑ lăgṓ	τοὺς λᾰγώς toùs lăgṓs
Vocative	λᾰγώς lăgṓs	λᾰγώ lăgṓ	λᾰγῴ lăgōí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

λάγινος (láginos)

Descendants

Greek: λαγός (lagós)
Persian: لاغوس (lâġus) (obsolete)
English: lagomorph
Translingual: Lagos, Lagurus

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 821–822