λαγών

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (“weak, faint”) the same root of λαγαρός (lagarós, “hollow, sunken”), λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”), λάγνος (lágnos, “lascivious”), λήγω (lḗgō, “to stop, cease”) and λωγάνιον (lōgánion, “dewlap of oxen”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λᾰγών • (lagṓn) f or m (genitive λᾰγόνος); third declension

  1. (anatomy) hollow on each side below the ribs, flank
    Synonym: κενεών (keneṓn)
  2. (in the plural, in Later Greek) womb
  3. (figuratively) any hollow, also of cups
  4. flank of a mountain
  5. side of a grave

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ λᾰγών; τοῦ, τῆς λᾰγόνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ λᾰγών
ho, hē lagṓn 		τὼ λᾰγόνε
tṑ lagóne 		οἱ, αἱ λᾰγόνες
hoi, hai lagónes
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς λᾰγόνος
toû, tês lagónos 		τοῖν λᾰγόνοιν
toîn lagónoin 		τῶν λᾰγόνων
tôn lagónōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ λᾰγόνῐ
tôi, têi lagóni 		τοῖν λᾰγόνοιν
toîn lagónoin 		τοῖς, ταῖς λᾰγόσῐ / λᾰγόσῐν
toîs, taîs lagósi(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν λᾰγόνᾰ
tòn, tḕn lagóna 		τὼ λᾰγόνε
tṑ lagóne 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λᾰγόνᾰς
toùs, tā̀s lagónas
Vocative λᾰγών
lagṓn 		λᾰγόνε
lagóne 		λᾰγόνες
lagónes
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: λαγόνα (lagóna)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

λαγών • (lagón) m

  1. genitive plural of λαγός (lagós)
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