πύγαργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump, tail”) +‎ ἀργός (argós, “white, bright”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῡ́γᾰργος • (pū́gărgos) m (genitive πῡγᾰ́ργου); second declension

  1. kind of antelope with a white rump
  2. hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
  3. dipper (Cinclus cinclus)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ πῡ́γᾰργος; τοῦ πῡγᾰ́ργου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πῡ́γᾰργος
ho pū́gărgos 		τὼ πῡγᾰ́ργω
tṑ pūgắrgō 		οἱ πῡ́γᾰργοι
hoi pū́gărgoi
Genitive τοῦ πῡγᾰ́ργου
toû pūgắrgou 		τοῖν πῡγᾰ́ργοιν
toîn pūgắrgoin 		τῶν πῡγᾰ́ργων
tôn pūgắrgōn
Dative τῷ πῡγᾰ́ργῳ
tōî pūgắrgōi 		τοῖν πῡγᾰ́ργοιν
toîn pūgắrgoin 		τοῖς πῡγᾰ́ργοις
toîs pūgắrgois
Accusative τὸν πῡ́γᾰργον
tòn pū́gărgon 		τὼ πῡγᾰ́ργω
tṑ pūgắrgō 		τοὺς πῡγᾰ́ργους
toùs pūgắrgous
Vocative πῡ́γᾰργε
pū́gărge 		πῡγᾰ́ργω
pūgắrgō 		πῡ́γᾰργοι
pū́gărgoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: pȳgargus

Further reading

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