τόργος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Without a convincing etymology. A connection with Proto-Germanic *sturkaz (“stork”) seems gratuitous. Thompson compares Coptic ⲧⲣⲉ (tre, “kite”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tór.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtor.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtor.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtor.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtor.ɣos/
Noun
τόργος • (tórgos) m (genitive τόργου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τόργος ho tórgos |
τὼ τόργω tṑ tórgō |
οἱ τόργοι hoi tórgoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τόργου toû tórgou |
τοῖν τόργοιν toîn tórgoin |
τῶν τόργων tôn tórgōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τόργῳ tôi tórgōi |
τοῖν τόργοιν toîn tórgoin |
τοῖς τόργοις toîs tórgois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τόργον tòn tórgon |
τὼ τόργω tṑ tórgō |
τοὺς τόργους toùs tórgous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τόργε tórge |
τόργω tórgō |
τόργοι tórgoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- τόργος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τόργος 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
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