τέγος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *(s)tégos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tégos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“roof”). Cognates include Latin tego (“I cover”), German Decke (“roof”), English thatch.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τέγος • (tégos) n (genitive τέγους or τέγεος); third declension

  1. roof, cover
  2. any place with roof
  3. any covered hall or chamber

Declension

Third declension of τὸ τέγος; τοῦ τέγους (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ τέγος
tò tégos 		τὼ τέγει
tṑ tégei 		τᾰ̀ τέγη
tà tégē
Genitive τοῦ τέγους
toû tégous 		τοῖν τεγοῖν
toîn tegoîn 		τῶν τεγῶν
tôn tegôn
Dative τῷ τέγει
tôi tégei 		τοῖν τεγοῖν
toîn tegoîn 		τοῖς τέγεσῐ / τέγεσῐν
toîs tégesi(n)
Accusative τὸ τέγος
tò tégos 		τὼ τέγει
tṑ tégei 		τᾰ̀ τέγη
tà tégē
Vocative τέγος
tégos 		τέγει
tégei 		τέγη
tégē
Notes:
Third declension of τὸ τέγος; τοῦ τέγεος (Ionic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ τέγος
tò tégos 		τὼ τέγει / τέγεε
tṑ tégei / tégee 		τᾰ̀ τέγεᾰ
tà tégea
Genitive τοῦ τέγεος / τέγευς
toû tégeos / tégeus 		τοῖν τεγέοιν
toîn tegéoin 		τῶν τεγέων
tôn tegéōn
Dative τῷ τέγει / τέγεῐ̈
tôi tégei / tégeï 		τοῖν τεγέοιν
toîn tegéoin 		τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν τέγεσῐ / τέγεσῐν
toîsi(n) tégesi(n)
Accusative τὸ τέγος
tò tégos 		τὼ τέγει / τέγεε
tṑ tégei / tégee 		τᾰ̀ τέγεᾰ
tà tégea
Vocative τέγος
tégos 		τέγει / τέγεε
tégei / tégee 		τέγεᾰ
tégea
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

  • “τέγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “τέγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • τέγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • τέγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “τέγος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • roof idem, page 721.
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