ἀγλαός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from earlier *ἀγλαϝός (*aglawós); further relations may include:

• to ἀγάλλομαι (agállomai, “to delight in, exult”), γαλήνη (galḗnē, “stillness of the sea”), or
• to ἀγανός (aganós, “mild, gentle”), ἀγαυός (agauós, “illustrious, noble”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.ɡla.ós/ → /a.ɣlaˈos/ → /a.ɣlaˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aː.ɡla.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡlaˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣlaˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣlaˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣlaˈos/

Adjective

ᾱ̓γλᾰός • (āglaós) m (feminine ᾱ̓γλᾰή, neuter ᾱ̓γλᾰόν); first/second declension

1. splendid, shining

Declension

First and second declension of ᾱ̓γλᾰός; ᾱ̓γλᾰή; ᾱ̓γλᾰόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾱ̓γλᾰός āglaós	ᾱ̓γλᾰή āglaḗ	ᾱ̓γλᾰόν āglaón		ᾱ̓γλᾰώ āglaṓ	ᾱ̓γλᾰᾱ́ āglaā́	ᾱ̓γλᾰώ āglaṓ		ᾱ̓γλᾰοί āglaoí	ᾱ̓γλᾰαί āglaaí	ᾱ̓γλᾰᾰ́ āglaá
Genitive		ᾱ̓γλᾰοῦ āglaoû	ᾱ̓γλᾰῆς āglaês	ᾱ̓γλᾰοῦ āglaoû		ᾱ̓γλᾰοῖν āglaoîn	ᾱ̓γλᾰαῖν āglaaîn	ᾱ̓γλᾰοῖν āglaoîn		ᾱ̓γλᾰῶν āglaôn	ᾱ̓γλᾰῶν āglaôn	ᾱ̓γλᾰῶν āglaôn
Dative		ᾱ̓γλᾰῷ āglaôi	ᾱ̓γλᾰῇ āglaêi	ᾱ̓γλᾰῷ āglaôi		ᾱ̓γλᾰοῖν āglaoîn	ᾱ̓γλᾰαῖν āglaaîn	ᾱ̓γλᾰοῖν āglaoîn		ᾱ̓γλᾰοῖς āglaoîs	ᾱ̓γλᾰαῖς āglaaîs	ᾱ̓γλᾰοῖς āglaoîs
Accusative		ᾱ̓γλᾰόν āglaón	ᾱ̓γλᾰήν āglaḗn	ᾱ̓γλᾰόν āglaón		ᾱ̓γλᾰώ āglaṓ	ᾱ̓γλᾰᾱ́ āglaā́	ᾱ̓γλᾰώ āglaṓ		ᾱ̓γλᾰούς āglaoús	ᾱ̓γλᾰᾱ́ς āglaā́s	ᾱ̓γλᾰᾰ́ āglaá
Vocative		ᾱ̓γλᾰέ āglaé	ᾱ̓γλᾰή āglaḗ	ᾱ̓γλᾰόν āglaón		ᾱ̓γλᾰώ āglaṓ	ᾱ̓γλᾰᾱ́ āglaā́	ᾱ̓γλᾰώ āglaṓ		ᾱ̓γλᾰοί āglaoí	ᾱ̓γλᾰαί āglaaí	ᾱ̓γλᾰᾰ́ āglaá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾱ̓γλᾰῶς āglaôs				ᾱ̓γλᾰώτερος āglaṓteros				ᾱ̓γλᾰώτᾰτος āglaṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγλαία (aglaía)
• ἀγλαΐζω (aglaḯzō)
• Ἀγλαονίκη (Aglaoníkē)
• Αγλαόπη (Aglaópē)
• Αγλαοφήμη (Aglaophḗmē)
• Ἀγλαοφῶν (Aglaophôn)
• Αγλαόφωνος (Aglaóphōnos)
• ᾱ̓γλᾰοφῶτῐς (āglaophôtis)

 

Related terms

• αἴγλη (aíglē)

Further reading

• “ἀγλαός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 13