ῥαγάς

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 18 May 2024

Etymology

From ῥήγνῡμι (rhḗgnūmi, “to break asunder, shatter”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥᾰγᾰ́ς • (rhăgắs) f (genitive ῥᾰγᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. fissure in soil, chink, crevice
  2. crack or chap of the skin
  3. (pathology) fistula and haemorrhoids

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῥᾰγᾰ́ς; τῆς ῥᾰγᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥᾰγᾰ́ς
hē rhăgắs 		τὼ ῥᾰγᾰ́δε
tṑ rhăgắde 		αἱ ῥᾰγᾰ́δες
hai rhăgắdes
Genitive τῆς ῥᾰγᾰ́δος
tês rhăgắdos 		τοῖν ῥᾰγᾰ́δοιν
toîn rhăgắdoin 		τῶν ῥᾰγᾰ́δων
tôn rhăgắdōn
Dative τῇ ῥᾰγᾰ́δῐ
tēî rhăgắdĭ 		τοῖν ῥᾰγᾰ́δοιν
toîn rhăgắdoin 		ταῖς ῥᾰγᾰ́σῐ / ῥᾰγᾰ́σῐν
taîs rhăgắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ῥᾰγᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn rhăgắdă 		τὼ ῥᾰγᾰ́δε
tṑ rhăgắde 		τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰγᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s rhăgắdăs
Vocative ῥᾰγᾰ́ς
rhăgắs 		ῥᾰγᾰ́δε
rhăgắde 		ῥᾰγᾰ́δες
rhăgắdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

  • ῥᾰγᾰ́δῐον (rhăgắdĭon)

Descendants

  • Greek: ραγάδα (ragáda)
  • → Latin: rhagades

Further reading

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