γιγγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Solmsen assumed an earlier form *γεγγίς (*gengís), with assimilation, connecting the word with γογγύλος (gongúlos, “round”). However, according to Beekes, it is rather a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡiŋ.ɡís/ → /ʝiɲˈɟis/ → /ʝiɲˈɟis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡiŋ.ɡís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡiŋˈɡis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟis/

Noun

γῐγγῐ́ς • (gingís) f (genitive γῐγγῐ́δος); third declension

1. kind of turnip

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γῐγγῐ́ς; τῆς γῐγγῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γῐγγῐ́ς hē gingís	τὼ γῐγγῐ́δε tṑ gingíde	αἱ γῐγγῐ́δες hai gingídes
Genitive	τῆς γῐγγῐ́δος tês gingídos	τοῖν γῐγγῐ́δοιν toîn gingídoin	τῶν γῐγγῐ́δων tôn gingídōn
Dative	τῇ γῐγγῐ́δῐ têi gingídi	τοῖν γῐγγῐ́δοιν toîn gingídoin	ταῖς γῐγγῐ́σῐ / γῐγγῐ́σῐν taîs gingísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν γῐγγῐ́δᾰ tḕn gingída	τὼ γῐγγῐ́δε tṑ gingíde	τᾱ̀ς γῐγγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s gingídas
Vocative	γῐγγῐ́ς gingís	γῐγγῐ́δε gingíde	γῐγγῐ́δες gingídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• γῐγγῐ́δῐον (gingídion)

Further reading

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