Ἄργιλος

See also: άργιλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

First attested in c. 6th century. According to Stephanus of Byzantium this Macedonian city is named after Thracian *argilos (“mouse”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἄργιλος • (Árgilos) f (genitive Ἀργίλου); second declension

  1. Argilus

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ἄργιλος; τῆς Ἀργίλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἄργιλος
hē Árgilos
Genitive τῆς Ἀργίλου
tês Argílou
Dative τῇ Ἀργίλῳ
tēî Argílōi
Accusative τὴν Ἄργιλον
tḕn Árgilon
Vocative Ἄργιλε
Árgile
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Ἀργίλιος (Argílios)

Descendants

  • Greek: Άργιλος (Árgilos)
  • → Latin: Argilus

References

  1. ^ Witczak, Krzysztof T. (2012) “Studies in Thracian vocabulary (I-VII)”, in Studia Indogermanica Lodziensia‎[1], volume 7, Łódź, pages 154–156

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