λαγώς

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *λαγοωυσός (*lagoōusós, “with flabby ears”), from *λαγο- (*lago-) (possibly the same root as English slack) and οὖς (oûs).[1] Typologically compare Ossetian тӕрхъус (tærqus, “hare”, literally “long-ear”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λᾰγώς • (lăgṓs) m (genitive λᾰγώ); second declension

  1. hare
    Synonyms: δασύπους (dasúpous), πτώξ (ptṓx)
  2. coward
  3. sea hare (gastropod of the genus Aplysia)
  4. (astronomy) Lepus, a winter constellation
  5. kind of bandage

Inflection

Attic second declension of ὁ λᾰγώς; τοῦ λᾰγώ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ λᾰγώς
ho lăgṓs 		τὼ λᾰγώ
tṑ lăgṓ 		οἱ λᾰγῴ
hoi lăgṓi
Genitive τοῦ λᾰγώ
toû lăgṓ 		τοῖν λᾰγῴν
toîn lăgṓin 		τῶν λᾰγών
tôn lăgṓn
Dative τῷ λᾰγῴ
tôi lăgṓi 		τοῖν λᾰγῴν
toîn lăgṓin 		τοῖς λᾰγῴς
toîs lăgṓis
Accusative τὸν λᾰγώ / λᾰγών
tòn lăgṓ(n) 		τὼ λᾰγώ
tṑ lăgṓ 		τοὺς λᾰγώς
toùs lăgṓs
Vocative λᾰγώς
lăgṓs 		λᾰγώ
lăgṓ 		λᾰγῴ
lăgṓi
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: λαγός (lagós)
  • Persian: لاغوس (lâğus) (obsolete)
  • English: lagomorph
  • Translingual: Lagos, Lagurus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 821–822

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