ἀγάλλομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Apparently a denominative verb from an unattested *ἀγαλός (*agalós), of unknown further origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡál.lo.mai̯/ → /aˈɣal.lo.mɛ/ → /aˈɣa.lo.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡál.lo.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡal.lo.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣal.lo.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣal.lo.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣa.lo.me/

Verb

ἀγάλλομαι • (agállomai)

1. to be proud, exult in, rejoice

Inflection

   Present: ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλομαι	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλῃ, ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλει	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλεται	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλεσθον	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλεσθον	ᾰ̓γᾰλλόμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλεσθε	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλονται
	subjunctive	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλωμαι	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλῃ	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λληται	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλησθον	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλησθον	ᾰ̓γᾰλλώμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλησθε	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλωνται
	optative	ᾰ̓γᾰλλοίμην	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλοιο	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλοιτο	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλοισθον	ᾰ̓γᾰλλοίσθην	ᾰ̓γᾰλλοίμεθᾰ	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλοισθε	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλοιντο
	imperative		ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλου	ᾰ̓γᾰλλέσθω	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλεσθον	ᾰ̓γᾰλλέσθων		ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλεσθε	ᾰ̓γᾰλλέσθων
infinitive						ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλεσθαι
participle	m					ᾰ̓γᾰλλόμενος
	f					ᾰ̓γᾰλλομένη
	n					ᾰ̓γᾰλλόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἠγᾰλλόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἠγᾰλλόμην	ἠγᾰ́λλου	ἠγᾰ́λλετο	ἠγᾰ́λλεσθον	ἠγᾰλλέσθην	ἠγᾰλλόμεθᾰ	ἠγᾰ́λλεσθε	ἠγᾰ́λλοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ᾰ̓γᾰλλόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ᾰ̓γᾰλλόμην	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλου	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλετο	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλεσθον	ᾰ̓γᾰλλέσθην	ᾰ̓γᾰλλόμε(σ)θᾰ	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλεσθε	ᾰ̓γᾰ́λλοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀγαλλιάζομαι (agalliázomai)
• ἀγαλλίαμα (agallíama)
• ἀγαλλιάομαι (agalliáomai)
• ἀγαλλίασις (agallíasis)
• ἀγαλλιάω (agalliáō)
• ἀγαλλίος (agallíos)
• ἄγαλμα (ágalma, “glory, delight, honor; statue”)

 

Further reading

• “ἀγάλλομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀγάλλομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγάλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγάλλομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀγάλλομαι”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀγάλλομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγάλλω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀγάλλομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter