σταγών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See στάζω (stázō, “to drip”). Stem σταγ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sta.ɡɔ̌ːn/ → /staˈɣon/ → /staˈɣon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sta.ɡɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /staˈɡon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /staˈɣon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /staˈɣon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /staˈɣon/

Noun

στᾰγών • (stagṓn) f (genitive στᾰγόνος); third declension

1. A drop (of liquids)
2. A kind of metal, perhaps orichalcum

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στᾰγών; τῆς στᾰγόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στᾰγών hē stagṓn	τὼ στᾰγόνε tṑ stagóne	αἱ στᾰγόνες hai stagónes
Genitive	τῆς στᾰγόνος tês stagónos	τοῖν στᾰγόνοιν toîn stagónoin	τῶν στᾰγόνων tôn stagónōn
Dative	τῇ στᾰγόνῐ têi stagóni	τοῖν στᾰγόνοιν toîn stagónoin	ταῖς στᾰγόσῐ / στᾰγόσῐν taîs stagósi(n)
Accusative	τὴν στᾰγόνᾰ tḕn stagóna	τὼ στᾰγόνε tṑ stagóne	τᾱ̀ς στᾰγόνᾰς tā̀s stagónas
Vocative	στᾰγών stagṓn	στᾰγόνε stagóne	στᾰγόνες stagónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ῥᾰνίς f (rhanís)

Related terms

• στάζω (stázō, “drip”) & its compounds

Derived and related words

• ἁβροστᾰγής (habrostagḗs, “dropping rich unguents”)
• αἱματοστᾰγής (haimatostagḗs, “blood-dripping”)
• αἱμοστᾰγής (haimostagḗs, “blood-dripping”)
• ἀπόσταγμα n (apóstagma, “that which trickles down”)
• ἀπόσταξις f (apóstaxis, “nose-bleeding”)
• ἀστᾰγής (astagḗs, “not trickling”)
• βοτρῠοστᾰγής (botruostagḗs, “dripping with grapes”)
• δειμᾰτοστᾰγής (deimatostagḗs, “reeking with horror”)
• ἐπίσταγμα n (epístagma, “anything dropped on”)
• ἐπισταγμός m (epistagmós, “κόρυζα, mucous from the nostrils”)
• ἐπίσταξις f (epístaxis, “dropping”)
• κατασταγμός m (katastagmós, “running at the nose”)
• κατάσταξις f (katástaxis, “dropping down, dripping”)
• μελιστᾰγής (melistagḗs, “dropping honey”)
• μῠροστᾰγής (murostagḗs, “dripping with unguent”)
• νεκτᾰροστᾰγής (nektarostagḗs, “dropping nectar”)
• ὀμμᾰτοστᾰγεῖς (ommatostageîs, “of welling tears”) (plural, of feminine noun) πηγαί (pēgaí, “fountains”)
• πᾰλαιστᾰγὴς (palaistagḕs, “that has become oily from age”) (of wine)
• παρένσταξις f (parénstaxis, “dropping in”)
• πολυστᾰγῶς (polustagôs, “dropping fast”, adverb)
• ῥοδόσταγμα n (rhodóstagma, “extract of roses”)
• στάγδην (stágdēn, “drop by drop”, adverb)
• στάγες f pl (stáges, irregular plural nominative of σταγών as from στάξ)
• στᾰγετός m (stagetós, “drop”)* στάγμα n (stágma, “that which drips”)
• σταγματοπώλης m (stagmatopṓlēs, “seller of aromatic oils”)
• στᾰγονιαῖος (stagoniaîos, “in drops”)
• στᾰγονίας m (stagonías, “running in drops”)
• στᾰγονῖτις f (stagonîtis, “χαλβάνη, resinous juice of all-heal”)
• στᾰγονόθαλπος m (stagonóthalpos, “one who melts and purifies metals”)
• στακτός (staktós)
• στάξ f (stáx, “σταγών, drop”)
• στάξις f (stáxis, “dripping”)
• ψυχροστᾰγής (psukhrostagḗs, “congealed”)

Descendants

• Greek: σταγόνα (stagóna)

References

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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σταγών.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staˈɣon/
• Hyphenation: στα‧γών

Noun

σταγών • (stagón) f (plural σταγόνες)

1. (Katharevousa) form of σταγόνα

Related terms

• σταγονίδιον (stagonídion) (Katharevousa form of σταγονίδιο)