τέναγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from a Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂g- (“shallow water”), though he adduces no other descendants, doubting connections with Latvian tigas (“deep spot between two shallow places”) (< *tn̥h₂g-).^[1] Others have connected Latin stāgnum (“pond, standing water”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.na.ɡos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.na.ɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.na.ɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.na.ɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.na.ɣos/

Noun

τένᾰγος • (ténăgos) n (genitive τενάγους or τενάγεος); third declension

shoal water, shallows, lagoon, whether in the sea or in rivers

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τένᾰγος; τοῦ τενᾰ́γους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténăgos	τὼ τενᾰ́γει tṑ tenắgei	τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γη tằ tenắgē
Genitive	τοῦ τενᾰ́γους toû tenắgous	τοῖν τενᾰγοῖν toîn tenăgoîn	τῶν τενᾰγῶν tôn tenăgôn
Dative	τῷ τενᾰ́γει tōî tenắgei	τοῖν τενᾰγοῖν toîn tenăgoîn	τοῖς τενᾰ́γεσῐ / τενᾰ́γεσῐν toîs tenắgesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténăgos	τὼ τενᾰ́γει tṑ tenắgei	τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γη tằ tenắgē
Vocative	τένᾰγος ténăgos	τενᾰ́γει tenắgei	τενᾰ́γη tenắgē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ τένᾰγος; τοῦ τενᾰ́γεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténăgos	τὼ τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεε tṑ tenắgei / tenắgee	τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γεᾰ tằ tenắgeă
Genitive	τοῦ τενᾰ́γεος / τενᾰ́γευς toû tenắgeos / tenắgeus	τοῖν τενᾰγέοιν toîn tenăgéoin	τῶν τενᾰγέων tôn tenăgéōn
Dative	τῷ τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεῐ̈ tōî tenắgei / tenắgeĭ̈	τοῖν τενᾰγέοιν toîn tenăgéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν τενᾰ́γεσῐ / τενᾰ́γεσῐν toîsĭ(n) tenắgesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténăgos	τὼ τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεε tṑ tenắgei / tenắgee	τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γεᾰ tằ tenắgeă
Vocative	τένᾰγος ténăgos	τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεε tenắgei / tenắgee	τενᾰ́γεᾰ tenắgeă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

τεναγίζω (tenagízō)
τεναγῖτις (tenagîtis)
τεναγόομαι (tenagóomai)
τεναγώδης (tenagṓdēs)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέναγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1466