τανηλεγής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ταναός (tanaós, “long, stretched”) + the root ἀλεγ- (aleg-) found in ἀλεγεινός (alegeinós, “causing pain”) (compare ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”)) + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ta.nɛː.le.ɡɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ta.ne̝.leˈɡe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ta.ni.leˈʝis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ta.ni.leˈʝis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ta.ni.leˈʝis/
Adjective
τᾰνηλεγής • (tănēlegḗs) m or f (neuter τᾰνηλεγές); third declension
- (poetic) bringing long-lasting suffering (epithet of death)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | τᾰνηλεγής tănēlegḗs |
τᾰνηλεγές tănēlegés |
τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tănēlegeî / tănēlegée |
τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tănēlegeî / tănēlegée |
τᾰνηλεγεῖς / τᾰνηλεγέες tănēlegeîs / tănēlegées |
τᾰνηλεγέᾰ tănēlegéă | ||||||||
| Genitive | τᾰνηλεγέος / τᾰνηλεγεῦς tănēlegéos / tănēlegeûs |
τᾰνηλεγέος / τᾰνηλεγεῦς tănēlegéos / tănēlegeûs |
τᾰνηλεγοῖν tănēlegoîn |
τᾰνηλεγοῖν tănēlegoîn |
τᾰνηλεγέων tănēlegéōn |
τᾰνηλεγέων tănēlegéōn | ||||||||
| Dative | τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέῐ̈ tănēlegeî / tănēlegéĭ̈ |
τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέῐ̈ tănēlegeî / tănēlegéĭ̈ |
τᾰνηλεγοῖν tănēlegoîn |
τᾰνηλεγοῖν tănēlegoîn |
τᾰνηλεγέσῐ / τᾰνηλεγέσῐν tănēlegésĭ(n) |
τᾰνηλεγέσῐ / τᾰνηλεγέσῐν tănēlegésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰνηλεγέᾰ tănēlegéă |
τᾰνηλεγές tănēlegés |
τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tănēlegeî / tănēlegée |
τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tănēlegeî / tănēlegée |
τᾰνηλεγέᾰς tănēlegéăs |
τᾰνηλεγέᾰ tănēlegéă | ||||||||
| Vocative | τᾰνηλεγές tănēlegés |
τᾰνηλεγές tănēlegés |
τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tănēlegeî / tănēlegée |
τᾰνηλεγεῖ / τᾰνηλεγέε tănēlegeî / tănēlegée |
τᾰνηλεγεῖς / τᾰνηλεγέες tănēlegeîs / tănēlegées |
τᾰνηλεγέᾰ tănēlegéă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τᾰνηλεγέως tănēlegéōs |
τᾰνηλεγέστερος tănēlegésteros |
τᾰνηλεγέστᾰτος tănēlegéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τανηλεγής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τανηλεγής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τανηλεγής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τανηλεγής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press