ναγεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νάσσω (nássō, “to press”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /na.ɡěu̯s/ → /naˈʝeɸs/ → /naˈʝefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /na.ɡěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /naˈɡews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /naˈʝeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /naˈʝefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /naˈʝefs/

Noun

νᾰγεύς • (nageús) m (genitive νᾰγέως); third declension

1. pestle

   Synonyms: ἄκμων (ákmōn), ἀλετρίβανος (aletríbanos), δοῖδυξ (doîdux), κόπανον (kópanon), λᾰ́κτῐς (láktis), ὕπερος (húperos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ νᾰγεύς; τοῦ νᾰγέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νᾰγεύς ho nageús	τὼ νᾰγῆ tṑ nagê	οἱ νᾰγῆς / νᾰγεῖς hoi nagês / nageîs
Genitive	τοῦ νᾰγέως toû nagéōs	τοῖν νᾰγέοιν toîn nagéoin	τῶν νᾰγέων tôn nagéōn
Dative	τῷ νᾰγεῖ tôi nageî	τοῖν νᾰγέοιν toîn nagéoin	τοῖς νᾰγεῦσῐ / νᾰγεῦσῐν toîs nageûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν νᾰγέᾱ tòn nagéā	τὼ νᾰγῆ tṑ nagê	τοὺς νᾰγέᾱς toùs nagéās
Vocative	νᾰγεῦ nageû	νᾰγῆ nagê	νᾰγῆς / νᾰγεῖς nagês / nageîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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