Possibly of onomatopoeic origin. The suffix in -γ- is found in semantically close forms, such as λαλαγή (lalagḗ), σμαραγέω (smaragéō) and οἰμωγή (oimōgḗ). Furnée compares σπαταγγίζειν (spatangízein); the word could also be of Pre-Greek origin.
πάτᾰγος • (pátagos) m (genitive πατᾰ́γου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ πάτᾰγος ho pátagos |
τὼ πατᾰ́γω tṑ patágō |
οἱ πάτᾰγοι hoi pátagoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πατᾰ́γου toû patágou |
τοῖν πατᾰ́γοιν toîn patágoin |
τῶν πατᾰ́γων tôn patágōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πατᾰ́γῳ tôi patágōi |
τοῖν πατᾰ́γοιν toîn patágoin |
τοῖς πατᾰ́γοις toîs patágois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πάτᾰγον tòn pátagon |
τὼ πατᾰ́γω tṑ patágō |
τοὺς πατᾰ́γους toùs patágous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πάτᾰγε pátage |
πατᾰ́γω patágō |
πάτᾰγοι pátagoi | ||||||||||
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