ἀρραγής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-) + ῥήγνῡμι (rhḗgnūmi, “to break, shatter”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar̥.r̥a.ɡɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ar.raˈɡe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ar.raˈʝis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ar.raˈʝis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.raˈʝis/
Adjective
ἀρρᾰγής • (arrhăgḗs) m or f (neuter ἀρρᾰγές); third declension
- unbroken (not divided into parts)
- Synonyms: ἄθραυστος (áthraustos), ἄκλᾰστος (áklăstos), ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos)
- unbreakable (that cannot be rent or broken)
- Synonym: ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos)
- (of an eye) not bursting into tears
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἀρρᾰγής arrhăgḗs |
ἀρρᾰγές arrhăgés |
ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî |
ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî |
ἀρρᾰγεῖς arrhăgeîs |
ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhăgê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀρρᾰγοῦς arrhăgoûs |
ἀρρᾰγοῦς arrhăgoûs |
ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhăgoîn |
ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhăgoîn |
ἀρρᾰγῶν arrhăgôn |
ἀρρᾰγῶν arrhăgôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî |
ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî |
ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhăgoîn |
ἀρρᾰγοῖν arrhăgoîn |
ἀρρᾰγέσῐ / ἀρρᾰγέσῐν arrhăgésĭ(n) |
ἀρρᾰγέσῐ / ἀρρᾰγέσῐν arrhăgésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhăgê |
ἀρρᾰγές arrhăgés |
ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî |
ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî |
ἀρρᾰγεῖς arrhăgeîs |
ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhăgê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἀρρᾰγές arrhăgés |
ἀρρᾰγές arrhăgés |
ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî |
ἀρρᾰγεῖ arrhăgeî |
ἀρρᾰγεῖς arrhăgeîs |
ἀρρᾰγῆ arrhăgê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀρρᾰγῶς arrhăgôs |
ἀρρᾰγέστερος arrhăgésteros |
ἀρρᾰγέστᾰτος arrhăgéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀρραγής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀρραγής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀρραγής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)