ἀγαθίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
No etymology. Frisk connects Sanskrit गध्य (gadhya, “to be seized or gained as booty”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡa.tʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡaˈtʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈθis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈθis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈθis/
Noun
ἀγᾰθῐ́ς • (agăthĭ́s) f (genitive ἀγᾰθῐ́δος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ἀγᾰθῐ́ς hē agăthĭ́s |
τὼ ἀγᾰθῐ́δε tṑ agăthĭ́de |
αἱ ἀγᾰθῐ́δες hai agăthĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀγᾰθῐ́δος tês agăthĭ́dos |
τοῖν ἀγᾰθῐ́δοιν toîn agăthĭ́doin |
τῶν ἀγᾰθῐ́δων tôn agăthĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀγᾰθῐ́δῐ tēî agăthĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν ἀγᾰθῐ́δοιν toîn agăthĭ́doin |
ταῖς ἀγᾰθῐ́σῐ / ἀγᾰθῐ́σῐν taîs agăthĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀγᾰθῐ́δᾰ tḕn agăthĭ́dă |
τὼ ἀγᾰθῐ́δε tṑ agăthĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς ἀγᾰθῐ́δᾰς tā̀s agăthĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀγᾰθῐ́ς agăthĭ́s |
ἀγᾰθῐ́δε agăthĭ́de |
ἀγᾰθῐ́δες agăthĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
Belardi compared γάθια (gáthia, “sausages”); if this is correct, then the word would be Pre-Greek, because of the prothetic vowel.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡa.tʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡaˈtʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈθis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈθis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ɣaˈθis/
Noun
ἀγᾰθῐ́ς • (agăthĭ́s) f (genitive ἀγᾰθῐ́δος); third declension
- Hesychius gives the definition as: σησᾰμῐ́ς (sēsămĭ́s, “mixture of sesame seeds, roasted and pounded with honey”).
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀγᾰθῐ́ς hē agăthĭ́s |
τὼ ἀγᾰθῐ́δε tṑ agăthĭ́de |
αἱ ἀγᾰθῐ́δες hai agăthĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀγᾰθῐ́δος tês agăthĭ́dos |
τοῖν ἀγᾰθῐ́δοιν toîn agăthĭ́doin |
τῶν ἀγᾰθῐ́δων tôn agăthĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀγᾰθῐ́δῐ tēî agăthĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν ἀγᾰθῐ́δοιν toîn agăthĭ́doin |
ταῖς ἀγᾰθῐ́σῐ / ἀγᾰθῐ́σῐν taîs agăthĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀγᾰθῐ́δᾰ tḕn agăthĭ́dă |
τὼ ἀγᾰθῐ́δε tṑ agăthĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς ἀγᾰθῐ́δᾰς tā̀s agăthĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀγᾰθῐ́ς agăthĭ́s |
ἀγᾰθῐ́δε agăthĭ́de |
ἀγᾰθῐ́δες agăthĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀγαθίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀγαθίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγαθίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: α