ἀγαυός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly related to ἀγάομαι (agáomai, “to admire”) (Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”)) or ἀγασθαί (agasthaí, “to wonder, look at”), from ἀ- (a-) + γηθέω (gēthéō, “rejoice”). But, due to the rare υό element, it may be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡau̯.ós/ → /a.ɣaˈβos/ → /a.ɣaˈvos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡau̯.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈwos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈβos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈvos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈvos/

Adjective

ἀγαυός • (agauós) m (feminine ἀγαυή, neuter ἀγαυόν); first/second declension

1. noble, illustrious

Declension

First and second declension of ἀγαυός; ἀγαυή; ἀγαυόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀγαυός agauós	ἀγαυή agauḗ	ἀγαυόν agauón		ἀγαυώ agauṓ	ἀγαυᾱ́ agauā́	ἀγαυώ agauṓ		ἀγαυοί agauoí	ἀγαυαί agauaí	ἀγαυᾰ́ agauá
Genitive		ἀγαυοῦ agauoû	ἀγαυῆς agauês	ἀγαυοῦ agauoû		ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn	ἀγαυαῖν agauaîn	ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn		ἀγαυῶν agauôn	ἀγαυῶν agauôn	ἀγαυῶν agauôn
Dative		ἀγαυῷ agauôi	ἀγαυῇ agauêi	ἀγαυῷ agauôi		ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn	ἀγαυαῖν agauaîn	ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn		ἀγαυοῖς agauoîs	ἀγαυαῖς agauaîs	ἀγαυοῖς agauoîs
Accusative		ἀγαυόν agauón	ἀγαυήν agauḗn	ἀγαυόν agauón		ἀγαυώ agauṓ	ἀγαυᾱ́ agauā́	ἀγαυώ agauṓ		ἀγαυούς agauoús	ἀγαυᾱ́ς agauā́s	ἀγαυᾰ́ agauá
Vocative		ἀγαυέ agaué	ἀγαυή agauḗ	ἀγαυόν agauón		ἀγαυώ agauṓ	ἀγαυᾱ́ agauā́	ἀγαυώ agauṓ		ἀγαυοί agauoí	ἀγαυαί agauaí	ἀγαυᾰ́ agauá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀγαυῶς agauôs				ἀγαυότερος agauóteros				ἀγαυότᾰτος agauótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Translingual: Agave
  • → Danish: agave
  • → English: agave
  • → Esperanto: agavo
  • → French: agave
  • → Ido: agavo
  • → Italian: agave
  • → Portuguese: agave
  • → Spanish: agave

References

• 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
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• “ἀγαυός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγαυός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀγαυός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press