Ταΰγετον
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Τᾱῠ̈́γετος (Tāǘgetos)
- Τηῠ̈́γετον (Tēǘgeton) — Ionic
Etymology
Perhaps derived from Ταϋγέτη (Taügétē, “Taygete”). First element is probably τηΰς (tēǘs, “big”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /taː.ý.ɡe.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /taˈy.ɡe.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /taˈy.ʝe.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /taˈy.ʝe.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /taˈi.ʝe.ton/
Proper noun
Τᾱῠ̈́γετον • (Tāǘgeton) n (genitive Τᾱῠ̈γέτου); second declension
- the Taygetus Mountains
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ Τᾱῠ̈́γετον tò Tāǘgeton | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Τᾱῠ̈γέτου toû Tāügétou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Τᾱῠ̈γέτῳ tôi Tāügétōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ Τᾱῠ̈́γετον tò Tāǘgeton | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Τᾱῠ̈́γετον Tāǘgeton | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Τᾱῠ̈γέτη (Tāügétē)
Descendants
In Modern Greek, the more typical form is Ταΰγετος (Taÿ́getos).
References
- “Ταΰγετον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
- Ταΰγετον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette