γαῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Usually connected with γηθέω (gēthéō, “to rejoice”), γάνυμαι (gánumai, “to be glad”) and Middle Irish guaire (“noble”), all from Proto-Indo-European *geh₂w- (“to rejoice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡâu̯.ros/ → /ˈɣa.βros/ → /ˈɣa.vros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡâu̯.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaw.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.βros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.vros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.vros/

Adjective

γαῦρος • (gaûros) m or f (neuter γαῦρον); second declension

1. conceited, haughty, arrogant
2. proud, gallant, exulting
3. splendid, elegant, magnific (of athletes or ephebes)

Inflection

Second declension of γαῦρος; γαῦρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γαῦρος gaûros	γαῦρον gaûron		γαύρω gaúrō	γαύρω gaúrō		γαῦροι gaûroi	γαῦρᾰ gaûra
Genitive		γαύρου gaúrou	γαύρου gaúrou		γαύροιν gaúroin	γαύροιν gaúroin		γαύρων gaúrōn	γαύρων gaúrōn
Dative		γαύρῳ gaúrōi	γαύρῳ gaúrōi		γαύροιν gaúroin	γαύροιν gaúroin		γαύροις gaúrois	γαύροις gaúrois
Accusative		γαῦρον gaûron	γαῦρον gaûron		γαύρω gaúrō	γαύρω gaúrō		γαύρους gaúrous	γαῦρᾰ gaûra
Vocative		γαῦρε gaûre	γαῦρον gaûron		γαύρω gaúrō	γαύρω gaúrō		γαῦροι gaûroi	γαῦρᾰ gaûra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		γαύρως gaúrōs			γαυρότερος gauróteros			γαυρότᾰτος gaurótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γαύρηξ (gaúrēx)
• γαυρίαμα (gauríama)
• γαυριάω (gauriáō)
• γαυρότης (gaurótēs)
• γαυρόω (gauróō)
• γαύρωμα (gaúrōma)

 

Further reading

• “γαῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γαῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γαῦρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαῦρος 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