πάγος
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See also: πᾶγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A nominalization of the verb πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stick, fasten, build, fix”), meaning "that what is built or fixed"; see also πάγη (págē, “snare, trap”) and Latin pagus.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pá.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ɣos/
Noun
πᾰ́γος • (págos) m (genitive πᾰ́γου); second declension
- mountain peak, rocky hill
- 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 117–118:
- ἵκετο τερμόνιον ἐπὶ πάγον
πόνων ἐμῶν θεωρός, ἢ τί δὴ θέλων;- híketo termónion epì págon
pónōn emôn theōrós, ḕ tí dḕ thélōn? - Has someone come to this terminal mountain peak
as a witness to my sufferings - or for some other purpose?
- híketo termónion epì págon
- ἵκετο τερμόνιον ἐπὶ πάγον
- frost
- the scum on the surface of milk
- salt, as formed by the evaporation of seawater
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πᾰ́γος ho págos |
τὼ πᾰ́γω tṑ págō |
οἱ πᾰ́γοι hoi págoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πᾰ́γου toû págou |
τοῖν πᾰ́γοιν toîn págoin |
τῶν πᾰ́γων tôn págōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πᾰ́γῳ tôi págōi |
τοῖν πᾰ́γοιν toîn págoin |
τοῖς πᾰ́γοις toîs págois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πᾰ́γον tòn págon |
τὼ πᾰ́γω tṑ págō |
τοὺς πᾰ́γους toùs págous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰ́γε páge |
πᾰ́γω págō |
πᾰ́γοι págoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- Ἄρειος Πᾰ́γος (Áreios Págos)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πάγη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1141
Further reading
- “πάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πάγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πάγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πάγος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- πάγος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάγος (págos).
Pronunciation
Noun
πάγος • (págos) m (plural πάγοι)
- ice (frozen water)
- με πάγο ― me págo ― with ice
- χωρίς πάγο ― chorís págo ― without ice
- σπάω τον πάγο ― spáo ton págo ― break the ice
- Το ψυγείο πρέπει να καθαριστεί επειδή έχει μαζέψει πάγο.
- To psygeío prépei na katharisteí epeidí échei mazépsei págo.
- The fridge needs to be cleaned because ice has collected (in it).
- (derogatory, figuratively) cold person, unfriendly person (one metaphorically cold like ice)
- Αυτή η γυναίκα δε χαμογελάει ποτέ· είναι σκέτος πάγος.
- Aftí i gynaíka de chamogeláei poté; eínai skétos págos.
- That woman never smiles — she's a complete ice queen.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πάγος (págos) | πάγοι (págoi) |
| genitive | πάγου (págou) | πάγων (págon) |
| accusative | πάγο (págo) | πάγους (págous) |
| vocative | πάγε (páge) | πάγοι (págoi) |
Related terms
- απάγωτος (apágotos, “not iced, unfrozen”, adjective)
- παγάκι n (pagáki, “ice cube”)
- παγετός m (pagetós, “frost”)
- παγετώνας m (pagetónas, “glacier”)
- παγωμένος (pagoménos, “iced, chilled; frosty”)
- παγωνιά f (pagoniá, “frost”)
- παγώνω (pagóno, “to freeze”)
- παγωτό n (pagotó, “ice cream”)
- πάχνη f (páchni, “frost, hoarfrost”)
See also
- χιόνι (chióni, “snow”)
Further reading
πάγος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
