ἀρωγός
See also: αρωγός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀρήγω (arḗgō) + -ός (-ós)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.rɔː.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.roˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.roˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.roˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.roˈɣos/
Adjective
ἀρωγός • (arōgós) m or f (neuter ἀρωγόν); second declension
- aiding, succoring, propitious [with dative]
- serviceable [with dative or genitive or πρός (prós, + accusative) ‘towards’]
- (nominalized, masculine) helper, aid (especially in battle)
- (nominalized, masculine, law) defender before a tribunal, advocate
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἀρωγός arōgós |
ἀρωγόν arōgón |
ἀρωγώ arōgṓ |
ἀρωγώ arōgṓ |
ἀρωγοί arōgoí |
ἀρωγᾰ́ arōgắ | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀρωγοῦ arōgoû |
ἀρωγοῦ arōgoû |
ἀρωγοῖν arōgoîn |
ἀρωγοῖν arōgoîn |
ἀρωγῶν arōgôn |
ἀρωγῶν arōgôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀρωγῷ arōgōî |
ἀρωγῷ arōgōî |
ἀρωγοῖν arōgoîn |
ἀρωγοῖν arōgoîn |
ἀρωγοῖς arōgoîs |
ἀρωγοῖς arōgoîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἀρωγόν arōgón |
ἀρωγόν arōgón |
ἀρωγώ arōgṓ |
ἀρωγώ arōgṓ |
ἀρωγούς arōgoús |
ἀρωγᾰ́ arōgắ | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἀρωγέ arōgé |
ἀρωγόν arōgón |
ἀρωγώ arōgṓ |
ἀρωγώ arōgṓ |
ἀρωγοί arōgoí |
ἀρωγᾰ́ arōgắ | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀρωγῶς arōgôs |
ἀρωγότερος arōgóteros |
ἀρωγότᾰτος arōgótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: αρωγός (arogós)
Further reading
- “ἀρωγός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀρωγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀρωγός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀρωγός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- ἀρωγός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἀρωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀρωγός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.