φάγρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

According to Beekes, the presence of the variants leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

Alternative forms

πάγρος (págros)
φαγρώριος (phagrṓrios)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰá.ɡros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.ɡros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸa.ɣros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɣros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɣros/

Noun

φάγρος • (phágros) m (genitive φάγρου); second declension

red porgy (Pagrus pagrus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾰ́γρος; τοῦ φᾰ́γρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰ́γρος ho phắgros	τὼ φᾰ́γρω tṑ phắgrō	οἱ φᾰ́γροι hoi phắgroi
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰ́γρου toû phắgrou	τοῖν φᾰ́γροιν toîn phắgroin	τῶν φᾰ́γρων tôn phắgrōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰ́γρῳ tōî phắgrōi	τοῖν φᾰ́γροιν toîn phắgroin	τοῖς φᾰ́γροις toîs phắgrois
Accusative	τὸν φᾰ́γρον tòn phắgron	τὼ φᾰ́γρω tṑ phắgrō	τοὺς φᾰ́γρους toùs phắgrous
Vocative	φᾰ́γρε phắgre	φᾰ́γρω phắgrō	φᾰ́γροι phắgroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: phager
- Catalan: pagre
- Galician: prago
- Spanish: pargo
  - → English: porgy

Etymology 2

Might be formally and semantically identical to Old Armenian բարկ (bark, “bitter, sharp of taste”), so from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-ro- (“sharpening”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰá.ɡros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.ɡros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸa.ɣros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɣros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ɣros/

Noun

φάγρος • (phágros) m (genitive φάγρου); second declension

Cretan word for whetstone

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾰ́γρος; τοῦ φᾰ́γρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰ́γρος ho phắgros	τὼ φᾰ́γρω tṑ phắgrō	οἱ φᾰ́γροι hoi phắgroi
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰ́γρου toû phắgrou	τοῖν φᾰ́γροιν toîn phắgroin	τῶν φᾰ́γρων tôn phắgrōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰ́γρῳ tōî phắgrōi	τοῖν φᾰ́γροιν toîn phắgroin	τοῖς φᾰ́γροις toîs phắgrois
Accusative	τὸν φᾰ́γρον tòn phắgron	τὼ φᾰ́γρω tṑ phắgrō	τοὺς φᾰ́γρους toùs phắgrous
Vocative	φᾰ́γρε phắgre	φᾰ́γρω phắgrō	φᾰ́γροι phắgroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

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