Γοργώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Γοργών (Gorgṓn)

Etymology

From γοργός (gorgós, “terrible”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡor.ɡɔ̌ː/ → /ɣorˈɣo/ → /ɣorˈɣo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡor.ɡɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡorˈɡo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣorˈɣo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣorˈɣo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣorˈɣo/

Proper noun

Γοργώ • (Gorgṓ) f (genitive Γοργοῦς or Γοργόνος); third declension

1. gorgon

Usage notes

The third declension inflections with the irregular nominative singular are only sometimes found in the archaic or verse.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Γοργώ; τῆς Γοργοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γοργώ hē Gorgṓ
Genitive	τῆς Γοργοῦς tês Gorgoûs
Dative	τῇ Γοργοῖ têi Gorgoî
Accusative	τὴν Γοργώ tḕn Gorgṓ
Vocative	Γοργοῖ Gorgoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ Γοργώ; τῆς Γοργόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γοργώ hē Gorgṓ
Genitive	τῆς Γοργόνος tês Gorgónos
Dative	τῇ Γοργόνῐ têi Gorgóni
Accusative	τὴν Γοργόνᾰ tḕn Gorgóna
Vocative	Γοργώ Gorgṓ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Γοργόνειος (Gorgóneios)
• Γόργειος (Górgeios)

Descendants

• Greek: Γοργώ (Gorgó)
• Latin: Gorgon

References

• “Γοργώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Γοργώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Γοργώ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Γοργώ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Γοργώ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011