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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown; possibly Pre-Greek. Perhaps related to πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi), then derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /piˈʝi/ → /piˈʝi/
Noun
πηγή • (pēgḗ) f (genitive πηγῆς); first declension
- spring, well, fountain
- Synonyms: κρήνη (krḗnē), κρουνός (krounós), πῖδᾰξ (pîdax)
- (in the plural) source of a river
- vein (of a mineral)
- source, origin, cause
Usage notes
Often in plural.
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- πηγαῖος (pēgaîos, “of or from a well”)
Descendants
Further reading
- “πηγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πηγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πηγή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πηγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- πηγή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4077 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- beginning idem, page 71.
- brook idem, page 101.
- cause idem, page 118.
- commencement idem, page 147.
- element idem, page 265.
- flood idem, page 329.
- fountain idem, page 341.
- origin idem, page 579.
- root idem, page 721.
- seed idem, page 749.
- shower idem, page 770.
- source idem, page 797.
- spring idem, page 805.
- starting point idem, page 812.
- stream idem, page 824.
- tear idem, page 859.
- vein idem, page 946.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πηγή (pēgḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
πηγή • (pigí) f (plural πηγές)
- source, origin (person, place, thing)
- πλουτοπαραγωγικές πηγές ― ploutoparagogikés pigés ― sources of wealth
- water source, spring
Tο ποτάμι έχει τις πηγές του στο βουνό.- To potámi échei tis pigés tou sto vounó.
- The river has its source in the mountains.
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- πηγάδι n (pigádi, “well”)
- πηγαίος (pigaíos, “of or from a well”, adj)
Further reading