ἀργής
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compare with ἀργός (argós).
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.ɡɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /arˈɡe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /arˈʝis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /arˈʝis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /arˈʝis/
Adjective
ἀργής • (argḗs) m or f (neuter —); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ ἀργής ho, hē argḗs |
τὼ ἀργῆτε tṑ argête |
οἱ, αἱ ἀργῆτες hoi, hai argêtes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ἀργῆτος toû, tês argêtos |
τοῖν ἀργήτοιν toîn argḗtoin |
τῶν ἀργήτων tôn argḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ ἀργῆτῐ tôi, têi argêti |
τοῖν ἀργήτοιν toîn argḗtoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς ἀργῆσῐ / ἀργῆσῐν toîs, taîs argêsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν ἀργῆτᾰ tòn, tḕn argêta |
τὼ ἀργῆτε tṑ argête |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ἀργῆτᾰς toùs, tā̀s argêtas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀργής argḗs |
ἀργῆτε argête |
ἀργῆτες argêtes | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἀργής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press