pogonias

English

Noun

pogonias

1. plural of pogonia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πωγωνίας (pōgōnías), from πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /poːˈɡoː.ni.aːs/, [poːˈɡoːniäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈɡo.ni.as/, [poˈɡɔːniäs]

Noun

pōgōniās m (genitive pōgōniae); first declension

1. (astronomy) A kind of comet

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pōgōniās	pōgōniae
Genitive	pōgōniae	pōgōniārum
Dative	pōgōniae	pōgōniīs
Accusative	pōgōniān	pōgōniās
Ablative	pōgōniā	pōgōniīs
Vocative	pōgōniā	pōgōniae

References

• “pogonias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pogonias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.