Γίγας
See also: γίγας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly Pre-Greek, or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *gag-, with cognates including Lithuanian gōgas.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡí.ɡaːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡi.ɡas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣi.ɣas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.ɣas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.ɣas/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Γῐ́γᾱς ho Gígās |
τὼ Γῐ́γᾰντε tṑ Gígante |
οἱ Γῐ́γᾰντες hoi Gígantes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Γῐ́γᾰντος toû Gígantos |
τοῖν Γῐγᾰ́ντοιν toîn Gigántoin |
τῶν Γῐγᾰ́ντων tôn Gigántōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Γῐ́γᾰντῐ tôi Gíganti |
τοῖν Γῐγᾰ́ντοιν toîn Gigántoin |
τοῖς Γῐ́γᾱσῐ / Γῐ́γᾱσῐν toîs Gígāsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Γῐ́γᾰντᾰ tòn Gíganta |
τὼ Γῐ́γᾰντε tṑ Gígante |
τοὺς Γῐ́γᾰντᾰς toùs Gígantas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Γῐ́γᾰν Gígan |
Γῐ́γᾰντε Gígante |
Γῐ́γᾰντες Gígantes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- Γίγας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Γίγας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011
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