ἀσφάραγος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.pʰá.ra.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈpʰa.ra.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈɸa.ra.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈfa.ra.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈfa.ra.ɣos/
Etymology 1
Furnée connects the word with φάραγξ (pháranx, “gorge, ravine”) and μάραγοι (máragoi, “overhanging places”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.
Alternative forms
- σφάραγγος (sphárangos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος ho aspháragos |
τὼ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ aspharágō |
οἱ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγοι hoi aspháragoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γου toû aspharágou |
τοῖν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn aspharágoin |
τῶν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γων tôn aspharágōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γῳ tôi aspharágōi |
τοῖν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn aspharágoin |
τοῖς ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοις toîs aspharágois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγον tòn aspháragon |
τὼ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ aspharágō |
τοὺς ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γους toùs aspharágous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγε asphárage |
ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω aspharágō |
ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγοι aspháragoi | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek due to the presence of the variation "π/φ"
Alternative forms
- ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos)
Noun
ἀσφάρᾰγος • (aspháragos) m (genitive ἀσφᾰράγου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγος ho aspháragos |
τὼ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ aspharágō |
οἱ ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγοι hoi aspháragoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γου toû aspharágou |
τοῖν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn aspharágoin |
τῶν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γων tôn aspharágōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γῳ tôi aspharágōi |
τοῖν ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοιν toîn aspharágoin |
τοῖς ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γοις toîs aspharágois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγον tòn aspháragon |
τὼ ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω tṑ aspharágō |
τοὺς ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γους toùs aspharágous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγε asphárage |
ἀσφᾰρᾰ́γω aspharágō |
ἀσφᾰ́ρᾰγοι aspháragoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀσφαραγία (aspharagía)
- ἀσφαραγωνία (aspharagōnía)
Descendants
- Latin: asparagus
Further reading
- ἀσφάραγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀσφάραγος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀσφάραγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσφάραγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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
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