πύγαργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump, tail”) +‎ ἀργός (argós, “white, bright”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πῡ́γᾰργος • (pū́gargos) m (genitive πῡγᾰ́ργου); second declension

  1. kind of antelope with a white rump
  2. hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
  3. dipper (Cinclus cinclus)

Declension
Second declension of ὁ πῡ́γᾰργος; τοῦ πῡγᾰ́ργου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πῡ́γᾰργος
ho pū́gargos		 τὼ πῡγᾰ́ργω
tṑ pūgárgō		 οἱ πῡ́γᾰργοι
hoi pū́gargoi
Genitive τοῦ πῡγᾰ́ργου
toû pūgárgou		 τοῖν πῡγᾰ́ργοιν
toîn pūgárgoin		 τῶν πῡγᾰ́ργων
tôn pūgárgōn
Dative τῷ πῡγᾰ́ργῳ
tôi pūgárgōi		 τοῖν πῡγᾰ́ργοιν
toîn pūgárgoin		 τοῖς πῡγᾰ́ργοις
toîs pūgárgois
Accusative τὸν πῡ́γᾰργον
tòn pū́gargon		 τὼ πῡγᾰ́ργω
tṑ pūgárgō		 τοὺς πῡγᾰ́ργους
toùs pūgárgous
Vocative πῡ́γᾰργε
pū́garge		 πῡγᾰ́ργω
pūgárgō		 πῡ́γᾰργοι
pū́gargoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: pȳgargus

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