ὄργυια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a zero-grade form related to ὀρέγω (orégō, “I stretch”). However, according to Beekes, this explanation meets with semantic and formal difficulties; therefore, he prefers a Pre-Greek etymology, comparing the suffix -υια to words from the substrate, like ἅρπυια (hárpuia) and ἄγυια (águia)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ór.ɡyː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ɡy.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ʝy.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ʝy.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ʝi.a/

Noun

ὄργυιᾰ • (órguiă) f (genitive ὀργυίᾱς); first declension

fathom
- Και βολισαντες ευρον οργυιας εικοσι, βραχυ δε διαστησαντες, και παλιν βολισαντες, ευρον οργυιας δεκαπεντε.
  They sounded and found twenty fathoms, went a bit farther, sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms. Acts 27:28

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὄργυιᾰ; τῆς ὀργυίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄργυιᾰ hē órguiă	τὼ ὀργυίᾱ tṑ orguíā	αἱ ὄργυιαι hai órguiai
Genitive	τῆς ὀργυίᾱς tês orguíās	τοῖν ὀργυίαιν toîn orguíain	τῶν ὀργυιῶν tôn orguiôn
Dative	τῇ ὀργυίᾳ tēî orguíāi	τοῖν ὀργυίαιν toîn orguíain	ταῖς ὀργυίαις taîs orguíais
Accusative	τὴν ὄργυιᾰν tḕn órguiăn	τὼ ὀργυίᾱ tṑ orguíā	τᾱ̀ς ὀργυίᾱς tā̀s orguíās
Vocative	ὄργυιᾰ órguiă	ὀργυίᾱ orguíā	ὄργυιαι órguiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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