ἀγαρικόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Said to be from Ἁγαρία (Hagaría), a place in Sarmatia where the mushroom grew.[1] The placename is from Iranian and could possibly be from Proto-Indo-European *aǵ-r̥-, verbal noun from *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”), meaning something like "driving or gathering land."[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.ri.kón/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡa.riˈkon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.riˈkon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.riˈkon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣa.riˈkon/

Noun

ἀγᾰρῐκόν • (agarikón) n (genitive ἀγᾰρῐκοῦ); second declension

type of tree-fungus, Phellinus pomaceus

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀγαρικόν; τοῦ ἀγαρικοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀγαρικόν tò agarikón	τὼ ἀγαρικώ tṑ agarikṓ	τᾰ̀ ἀγαρικᾰ́ tà agariká
Genitive	τοῦ ἀγαρικοῦ toû agarikoû	τοῖν ἀγαρικοῖν toîn agarikoîn	τῶν ἀγαρικῶν tôn agarikôn
Dative	τῷ ἀγαρικῷ tôi agarikôi	τοῖν ἀγαρικοῖν toîn agarikoîn	τοῖς ἀγαρικοῖς toîs agarikoîs
Accusative	τὸ ἀγαρικόν tò agarikón	τὼ ἀγαρικώ tṑ agarikṓ	τᾰ̀ ἀγαρικᾰ́ tà agariká
Vocative	ἀγαρικόν agarikón	ἀγαρικώ agarikṓ	ἀγαρικᾰ́ agariká
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: agaricum
- → English: agaric
- → French: agaric

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Anttila, R. (2000). Greek and Indo-European etymology in action: proto-Indo-European *aǵ-. Netherlands: J. Benjamins, p. 106