ἀτταγᾶς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀτταγήν (attagḗn), ἀτταγῆς (attagês), ταγήν (tagḗn)

Etymology

Unexplained. It is called onomatopoeic by Claudius Aelianus after its cry. It could be a Pre-Greek word, in view of the suffix of the variant ἀτταγήν (attagḗn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /at.ta.ɡâːs/ → /at.taˈɣas/ → /a.taˈɣas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /at.ta.ɡâːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /at.taˈɡas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /at.taˈɣas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /at.taˈɣas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.taˈɣas/

Noun

ἀττᾰγᾶς • (attagâs) m (genitive ἀττᾰγᾶ); first declension

1. black francolin (Francolinus francolinus)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀττᾰγᾶς; τοῦ ἀττᾰγᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀττᾰγᾶς ho attagâs	τὼ ἀττᾰγᾶ tṑ attagâ	οἱ ἀττᾰγαῖ hoi attagaî
Genitive	τοῦ ἀττᾰγᾶ toû attagâ	τοῖν ἀττᾰγαῖν toîn attagaîn	τῶν ἀττᾰγῶν tôn attagôn
Dative	τῷ ἀττᾰγᾷ tôi attagâi	τοῖν ἀττᾰγαῖν toîn attagaîn	τοῖς ἀττᾰγαῖς toîs attagaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀττᾰγᾶν tòn attagân	τὼ ἀττᾰγᾶ tṑ attagâ	τοὺς ἀττᾰγᾶς toùs attagâs
Vocative	ἀττᾰγᾶ attagâ	ἀττᾰγᾶ attagâ	ἀττᾰγαῖ attagaî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀτταγεινός (attageinós)

Further reading

• “ἀτταγᾶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀτταγᾶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτταγᾶς 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