ἀγός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)ǵ-ó-s (literally “driver”); compare Sanskrit अज (ajá, “leader”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈɣos/
Noun
ἀγός • (agós) m (genitive ἀγοῦ); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἀγός agós |
ἀγώ agṓ |
ἀγοί agoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ἀγοῦ / ἀγοῖο / ἀγόο agoû / agoîo / agóo |
ἀγοῖν / ἀγοῖῐν agoî(ĭ)n |
ἀγῶν agôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | ἀγῷ agōî |
ἀγοῖν / ἀγοῖῐν agoî(ĭ)n |
ἀγοῖς / ἀγοῖσῐ / ἀγοῖσῐν agoîs / agoîsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ἀγόν agón |
ἀγώ agṓ |
ἀγούς agoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀγέ agé |
ἀγώ agṓ |
ἀγοί agoí | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- -αγός (-agós) compounds and see -ηγός (-ēgós)
Further reading
- “ἀγός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀγός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἀγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press