πηγή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πᾱγᾱ́ (pāgā́) — Doric

Etymology

Unknown; possibly Pre-Greek. Perhaps related to πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi), then derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

πηγή • (pēgḗ) f (genitive πηγῆς); first declension

1. spring, well, fountain

   Synonyms: κρήνη (krḗnē), κρουνός (krounós), πῖδᾰξ (pîdax)

2. (in the plural) source of a river
3. vein (of a mineral)
4. source, origin, cause

Usage notes

Often in plural.

Declension

Synonyms

• νόα (nóa) (Laconian)

Derived terms

• πηγαῖος (pēgaîos, “of or from a well”)

Descendants

• Greek: πηγή (pigí)

Further reading

• “πηγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πηγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πηγή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πηγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• πηγή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4077 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beginning idem, page 71.
  • brook idem, page 101.
  • cause idem, page 118.
  • commencement idem, page 147.
  • element idem, page 265.
  • flood idem, page 329.
  • fountain idem, page 341.
  • origin idem, page 579.
  • root idem, page 721.
  • seed idem, page 749.
  • shower idem, page 770.
  • source idem, page 797.
  • spring idem, page 805.
  • starting point idem, page 812.
  • stream idem, page 824.
  • tear idem, page 859.
  • vein idem, page 946.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πηγή (pēgḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈʝi/
• Hyphenation: πη‧γή
• Homophone: πυγή (pygí, “buttocks”)

Noun

πηγή • (pigí) f (plural πηγές)

1. source, origin (person, place, thing)

   πλουτοπαραγωγικές πηγές ― ploutoparagogikés pigés ― sources of wealth

2. water source, spring

   Tο ποτάμι έχει τις πηγές του στο βουνό.

   To potámi échei tis pigés tou sto vounó.

   The river has its source in the mountains.

Declension

Synonyms

• (water source): ανάβρα f (anávra)
• (water source): βρυσομάνα f (vrysomána)
• (water source): κεφαλάρι n (kefalári)
• (water source): κεφαλόβρυσο n (kefalóvryso)
• (water source): νερομάνα f (neromána)

Related terms

• πηγάδι n (pigádi, “well”)
• πηγαίος (pigaíos, “of or from a well”, adj)

Further reading

• πηγή - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.