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

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

hare's flesh
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 lăgôios	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgṓiā	λᾰγῷον lăgôion	λᾰγῴω lăgṓiō	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgṓiā	λᾰγῴω lăgṓiō	λᾰγῷοι lăgôioi	λᾰγῷαι lăgôiai	λᾰγῷᾰ lăgôiă
Genitive	λᾰγῴου lăgṓiou	λᾰγῴᾱς lăgṓiās	λᾰγῴου lăgṓiou	λᾰγῴοιν lăgṓioin	λᾰγῴαιν lăgṓiain	λᾰγῴοιν lăgṓioin	λᾰγῴων lăgṓiōn	λᾰγῴων lăgṓiōn	λᾰγῴων lăgṓiōn
Dative	λᾰγῴῳ lăgṓiōi	λᾰγῴᾳ lăgṓiāi	λᾰγῴῳ lăgṓiōi	λᾰγῴοιν lăgṓioin	λᾰγῴαιν lăgṓiain	λᾰγῴοιν lăgṓioin	λᾰγῴοις lăgṓiois	λᾰγῴαις lăgṓiais	λᾰγῴοις lăgṓiois
Accusative	λᾰγῷον lăgôion	λᾰγῴᾱν lăgṓiān	λᾰγῷον lăgôion	λᾰγῴω lăgṓiō	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgṓiā	λᾰγῴω lăgṓiō	λᾰγῴους lăgṓious	λᾰγῴᾱς lăgṓiās	λᾰγῷᾰ lăgôiă
Vocative	λᾰγῷε lăgôie	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgṓiā	λᾰγῷον lăgôion	λᾰγῴω lăgṓiō	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgṓiā	λᾰγῴω lăgṓiō	λᾰγῷοι lăgôioi	λᾰγῷαι lăgôiai	λᾰγῷᾰ lăgôiă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	λᾰγῴως lăgṓiōs			λᾰγῳότερος lăgōióteros			λᾰγῳότᾰτος lăgōiótătos
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- hare idem, page 386.