πάγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) nominalization of the verb πήγνυμι (to stick, fasten, build, fix), "that, what is built, fixed" ; see also πάγη and latin pagus.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɣos/
Noun
πᾰ́γος • (págos) m (genitive πᾰ́γου); second declension
- mountain peak, rocky hill
- frost
- the scum on the surface of milk
- salt, as formed by the evaporation of seawater
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πᾰ́γος ho págos |
τὼ πᾰ́γω tṑ págō |
οἱ πᾰ́γοι hoi págoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πᾰ́γου toû págou |
τοῖν πᾰ́γοιν toîn págoin |
τῶν πᾰ́γων tôn págōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πᾰ́γῳ tôi págōi |
τοῖν πᾰ́γοιν toîn págoin |
τοῖς πᾰ́γοις toîs págois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πᾰ́γον tòn págon |
τὼ πᾰ́γω tṑ págō |
τοὺς πᾰ́γους toùs págous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πᾰ́γε páge |
πᾰ́γω págō |
πᾰ́γοι págoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “πάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πάγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πάγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πάγος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- πάγος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάγος (págos).
Pronunciation
Noun
πάγος • (págos) m (plural πάγοι)
- ice (frozen water)
- με πάγο ― me págo ― with ice
- χωρίς πάγο ― chorís págo ― without ice
- σπάω τον πάγο ― spáo ton págo ― break the ice
- Το ψυγείο πρέπει να καθαριστεί επειδή έχει μαζέψει πάγο. ― To psygeío prépei na katharisteí epeidí échei mazépsei págo. ― The fridge needs to be cleaned because ice has collected (in it).
- (derogatory, figuratively) cold person, unfriendly person (one metaphorically cold like ice)
- Αυτή η γυναίκα δε χαμογελάει ποτέ· είναι σκέτος πάγος. ― Aftí i gynaíka de chamogeláei poté; eínai skétos págos. ― That woman never smiles - she's a complete ice queen.
Declension
Declension of πάγος
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