τέναγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂g- (“shallow water”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.na.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.na.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.na.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.na.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.na.ɣos/
Noun
τένᾰγος • (ténagos) n (genitive τενάγους or τενάγεος); third declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténagos |
τὼ τενᾰ́γει tṑ tenágei |
τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γη tà tenágē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τενᾰ́γους toû tenágous |
τοῖν τενᾰγοῖν toîn tenagoîn |
τῶν τενᾰγῶν tôn tenagôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τενᾰ́γει tôi tenágei |
τοῖν τενᾰγοῖν toîn tenagoîn |
τοῖς τενᾰ́γεσῐ / τενᾰ́γεσῐν toîs tenágesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténagos |
τὼ τενᾰ́γει tṑ tenágei |
τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γη tà tenágē | ||||||||||
Vocative | τένᾰγος ténagos |
τενᾰ́γει tenágei |
τενᾰ́γη tenágē | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténagos |
τὼ τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεε tṑ tenágei / tenágee |
τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γεᾰ tà tenágea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ τενᾰ́γεος / τενᾰ́γευς toû tenágeos / tenágeus |
τοῖν τενᾰγέοιν toîn tenagéoin |
τῶν τενᾰγέων tôn tenagéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεῐ̈ tôi tenágei / tenágeï |
τοῖν τενᾰγέοιν toîn tenagéoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν τενᾰ́γεσῐ / τενᾰ́γεσῐν toîsi(n) tenágesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ τένᾰγος tò ténagos |
τὼ τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεε tṑ tenágei / tenágee |
τᾰ̀ τενᾰ́γεᾰ tà tenágea | ||||||||||
Vocative | τένᾰγος ténagos |
τενᾰ́γει / τενᾰ́γεε tenágei / tenágee |
τενᾰ́γεᾰ tenágea | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τεναγίζω (tenagízō)
- τεναγῖτις (tenagîtis)
- τεναγόομαι (tenagóomai)
- τεναγώδης (tenagṓdēs)
Further reading
- “τέναγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τέναγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension