λαγῷος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Contracted form of λαγώειος (lagṓeios, “of a hare”), from λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (“weak, feeble”). Compare Latin laxus, Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”), Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.ɡɔ̂ːi̯.os/ → /laˈɣo.os/ → /laˈɣo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.ɡɔ̂ːi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈɡo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈɣo.os/

Noun

λᾰγῷος • (lagôios) m (feminine λᾰγῴᾱ, neuter λᾰγῷον); first/second declension

1. hare's flesh
2. delicacy

Inflection

First and second declension of λᾰγῷος; λᾰγῴᾱ; λᾰγῷον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾰγῷος lagôios	λᾰγῴᾱ lagṓiā	λᾰγῷον lagôion		λᾰγῴω lagṓiō	λᾰγῴᾱ lagṓiā	λᾰγῴω lagṓiō		λᾰγῷοι lagôioi	λᾰγῷαι lagôiai	λᾰγῷᾰ lagôia
Genitive		λᾰγῴου lagṓiou	λᾰγῴᾱς lagṓiās	λᾰγῴου lagṓiou		λᾰγῴοιν lagṓioin	λᾰγῴαιν lagṓiain	λᾰγῴοιν lagṓioin		λᾰγῴων lagṓiōn	λᾰγῴων lagṓiōn	λᾰγῴων lagṓiōn
Dative		λᾰγῴῳ lagṓiōi	λᾰγῴᾳ lagṓiāi	λᾰγῴῳ lagṓiōi		λᾰγῴοιν lagṓioin	λᾰγῴαιν lagṓiain	λᾰγῴοιν lagṓioin		λᾰγῴοις lagṓiois	λᾰγῴαις lagṓiais	λᾰγῴοις lagṓiois
Accusative		λᾰγῷον lagôion	λᾰγῴᾱν lagṓiān	λᾰγῷον lagôion		λᾰγῴω lagṓiō	λᾰγῴᾱ lagṓiā	λᾰγῴω lagṓiō		λᾰγῴους lagṓious	λᾰγῴᾱς lagṓiās	λᾰγῷᾰ lagôia
Vocative		λᾰγῷε lagôie	λᾰγῴᾱ lagṓiā	λᾰγῷον lagôion		λᾰγῴω lagṓiō	λᾰγῴᾱ lagṓiā	λᾰγῴω lagṓiō		λᾰγῷοι lagôioi	λᾰγῷαι lagôiai	λᾰγῷᾰ lagôia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λᾰγῴως lagṓiōs				λᾰγῳότερος lagōióteros				λᾰγῳότᾰτος lagōiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “λαγῷος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαγῷος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαγῷος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • hare idem, page 386.