σταγών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See στάζω (stázō, “to drip”). Stem σταγ-.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στᾰγών • (stăgṓn) f (genitive στᾰγόνος); third declension

  1. A drop (of liquids)
    Synonyms: πέμφιξ (pémphix), ῥαθάμιγξ (rhatháminx), ῥανίς (rhanís), στράγξ (stránx), ψακάς (psakás), ψιάς (psiás)
  2. A kind of metal, perhaps orichalcum

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στᾰγών; τῆς στᾰγόνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ στᾰγών
hē stăgṓn 		τὼ στᾰγόνε
tṑ stăgóne 		αἱ στᾰγόνες
hai stăgónes
Genitive τῆς στᾰγόνος
tês stăgónos 		τοῖν στᾰγόνοιν
toîn stăgónoin 		τῶν στᾰγόνων
tôn stăgónōn
Dative τῇ στᾰγόνῐ
tēî stăgónĭ 		τοῖν στᾰγόνοιν
toîn stăgónoin 		ταῖς στᾰγόσῐ / στᾰγόσῐν
taîs stăgósĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν στᾰγόνᾰ
tḕn stăgónă 		τὼ στᾰγόνε
tṑ stăgóne 		τᾱ̀ς στᾰγόνᾰς
tā̀s stăgónăs
Vocative στᾰγών
stăgṓn 		στᾰγόνε
stăgóne 		στᾰγόνες
stăgónes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived and related words
  • ἁβροστᾰγής (habrostăgḗs, “dropping rich unguents”)
  • αἱματοστᾰγής (haimatostăgḗs, “blood-dripping”)
  • αἱμοστᾰγής (haimostăgḗs, “blood-dripping”)
  • ἀπόσταγμα n (apóstagma, “that which trickles down”)
  • ἀπόσταξις f (apóstaxis, “nose-bleeding”)
  • ἀστᾰγής (astăgḗs, “not trickling”)
  • βοτρῠοστᾰγής (botrŭostăgḗs, “dripping with grapes”)
  • δειμᾰτοστᾰγής (deimătostăgḗs, “reeking with horror”)
  • ἐπίσταγμα n (epístagma, “anything dropped on”)
  • ἐπισταγμός m (epistagmós, “κόρυζα, mucous from the nostrils”)
  • ἐπίσταξις f (epístaxis, “dropping”)
  • κατασταγμός m (katastagmós, “running at the nose”)
  • κατάσταξις f (katástaxis, “dropping down, dripping”)
  • μελιστᾰγής (melistăgḗs, “dropping honey”)
  • μῠροστᾰγής (mŭrostăgḗs, “dripping with unguent”)
  • νεκτᾰροστᾰγής (nektărostăgḗs, “dropping nectar”)
  • ὀμμᾰτοστᾰγεῖς (ommătostăgeîs, “of welling tears”) (plural, of feminine noun) πηγαί (pēgaí, “fountains”)
  • πᾰλαιστᾰγὴς (pălaistăgḕs, “that has become oily from age”) (of wine)
  • παρένσταξις f (parénstaxis, “dropping in”)
  • πολυστᾰγῶς (polustăgôs, “dropping fast”, adverb)
  • ῥοδόσταγμα n (rhodóstagma, “extract of roses”)
  • στάγδην (stágdēn, “drop by drop”, adverb)
  • στάγες f pl (stáges, irregular plural nominative of as from στάξ)
  • στᾰγετός m (stăgetós, “drop”)* στάγμα n (stágma, “that which drips”)
  • σταγματοπώλης m (stagmatopṓlēs, “seller of aromatic oils”)
  • στᾰγονιαῖος (stăgoniaîos, “in drops”)
  • στᾰγονίας m (stăgonías, “running in drops”)
  • στᾰγονῖτις f (stăgonîtis, “χαλβάνη, resinous juice of all-heal”)
  • στᾰγονόθαλπος m (stăgonóthalpos, “one who melts and purifies metals”)
  • στακτός (staktós)
  • στάξ f (stáx, “, drop”)
  • στάξις f (stáxis, “dripping”)
  • ψυχροστᾰγής (psukhrostăgḗs, “congealed”)

Descendants

  • Greek: σταγόνα (stagóna)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σταγών.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /staˈɣon/
  • Hyphenation: στα‧γών

Noun

σταγών • (stagón) f (plural σταγόνες)

  1. (Katharevousa) form of σταγόνα
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