πάγη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to fix, fasten”), like πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “I fasten”).[1]

Compare typologically Latin tenus (akin to teneō).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πάγη • (págē) f (genitive πάγης); first declension

  1. snare, noose, anything that fixes or fastens
  2. (figuratively) trap, snare

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πάγη; τῆς πάγης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πάγη
hē págē 		τὼ πάγᾱ
tṑ págā 		αἱ πάγαι
hai págai
Genitive τῆς πάγης
tês págēs 		τοῖν πάγαιν
toîn págain 		τῶν παγῶν
tôn pagôn
Dative τῇ πάγῃ
tēî págēi 		τοῖν πάγαιν
toîn págain 		ταῖς πάγαις
taîs págais
Accusative τὴν πάγην
tḕn págēn 		τὼ πάγᾱ
tṑ págā 		τᾱ̀ς πάγᾱς
tā̀s págās
Vocative πάγη
págē 		πάγᾱ
págā 		πάγαι
págai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • παγίς (pagís)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πάγη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1141

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