λαγαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (“weak, faint”) and compared with λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”), λάγνος (lágnos, “lascivious”), λαγών (lagṓn, “flank”), λήγω (lḗgō, “to stop, cease”) and λωγάνιον (lōgánion, “dewlap of oxen”) within Greek. Other Indo-European cognates are Latin laxus (“loose”), English slack, Tocharian A slākkär (“sad”) and Sanskrit श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇa, “tender, soft”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.ɡa.rós/ → /la.ɣaˈros/ → /la.ɣaˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.ɡa.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.ɣaˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.ɣaˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.ɣaˈros/

Adjective

λᾰγᾰρός • (lagarós) m (feminine λᾰγᾰρᾱ́, neuter λᾰγᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. hollow, sunken, flattish
2. slack, loose
3. thin, narrow, lanky
4. (of plasters) porous, absorbent

Inflection

First and second declension of λᾰγᾰρός; λᾰγᾰρᾱ́; λᾰγᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾰγᾰρός lagarós	λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́	λᾰγᾰρόν lagarón		λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ	λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́	λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ		λᾰγᾰροί lagaroí	λᾰγᾰραί lagaraí	λᾰγᾰρᾰ́ lagará
Genitive		λᾰγᾰροῦ lagaroû	λᾰγᾰρᾶς lagarâs	λᾰγᾰροῦ lagaroû		λᾰγᾰροῖν lagaroîn	λᾰγᾰραῖν lagaraîn	λᾰγᾰροῖν lagaroîn		λᾰγᾰρῶν lagarôn	λᾰγᾰρῶν lagarôn	λᾰγᾰρῶν lagarôn
Dative		λᾰγᾰρῷ lagarôi	λᾰγᾰρᾷ lagarâi	λᾰγᾰρῷ lagarôi		λᾰγᾰροῖν lagaroîn	λᾰγᾰραῖν lagaraîn	λᾰγᾰροῖν lagaroîn		λᾰγᾰροῖς lagaroîs	λᾰγᾰραῖς lagaraîs	λᾰγᾰροῖς lagaroîs
Accusative		λᾰγᾰρόν lagarón	λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ν lagarā́n	λᾰγᾰρόν lagarón		λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ	λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́	λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ		λᾰγᾰρούς lagaroús	λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ς lagarā́s	λᾰγᾰρᾰ́ lagará
Vocative		λᾰγᾰρέ lagaré	λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́	λᾰγᾰρόν lagarón		λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ	λᾰγᾰρᾱ́ lagarā́	λᾰγᾰρώ lagarṓ		λᾰγᾰροί lagaroí	λᾰγᾰραί lagaraí	λᾰγᾰρᾰ́ lagará
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λᾰγᾰρῶς lagarôs				λᾰγᾰρώτερος lagarṓteros				λᾰγᾰρώτᾰτος lagarṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαγαρίζομαι (lagarízomai)
• λαγαροειδῶς (lagaroeidôs)
• λαγαρόκυκλος (lagarókuklos)
• λαγαρόομαι (lagaróomai)
• λαγαρότης (lagarótēs)
• λαγαρώδης (lagarṓdēs)
• λαγάρωσις (lagárōsis)

 

Further reading

• “λαγαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαγαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαγαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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