βαγαῖος

See also: Βαγαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the gloss consists of two or more elements. One may think of a connection with Persian بغ (bağ, “god, deity”); if so, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide”) (see Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /βaˈʝɛ.os/ → /vaˈʝe.os/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈɡɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈʝɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈʝe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈʝe.os/

Adjective

βαγαῖος • (bagaîos)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: μάταιος (mátaios, “vain, empty, idle”).
2. (Greek mythology) title of Zeus in Phrygia

Further reading

• “βαγαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαγαῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: β