λαγῷος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Contracted form of λαγώειος (lagṓeios, “of a hare”), from λαγώς (lagṓs, “hare”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (“weak, feeble”). Compare Latin laxus, Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”), Proto-Germanic *lakaną.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.ɡɔ̂ːi̯.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈɡo.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣo.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈɣo.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈɣo.os/

Noun

λᾰγῷος • (lăgōîos) m (feminine λᾰγῴᾱ, neuter λᾰγῷον); first/second declension

hare's flesh
delicacy

Inflection

First and second declension of λᾰγῷος; λᾰγῴᾱ; λᾰγῷον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	λᾰγῷος lăgōîos	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgōíā	λᾰγῷον lăgōîon	λᾰγῴω lăgōíō	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgōíā	λᾰγῴω lăgōíō	λᾰγῷοι lăgōîoi	λᾰγῷαι lăgōîai	λᾰγῷᾰ lăgōîă
Genitive	λᾰγῴου lăgōíou	λᾰγῴᾱς lăgōíās	λᾰγῴου lăgōíou	λᾰγῴοιν lăgōíoin	λᾰγῴαιν lăgōíain	λᾰγῴοιν lăgōíoin	λᾰγῴων lăgōíōn	λᾰγῴων lăgōíōn	λᾰγῴων lăgōíōn
Dative	λᾰγῴῳ lăgōíōi	λᾰγῴᾳ lăgōíāi	λᾰγῴῳ lăgōíōi	λᾰγῴοιν lăgōíoin	λᾰγῴαιν lăgōíain	λᾰγῴοιν lăgōíoin	λᾰγῴοις lăgōíois	λᾰγῴαις lăgōíais	λᾰγῴοις lăgōíois
Accusative	λᾰγῷον lăgōîon	λᾰγῴᾱν lăgōíān	λᾰγῷον lăgōîon	λᾰγῴω lăgōíō	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgōíā	λᾰγῴω lăgōíō	λᾰγῴους lăgōíous	λᾰγῴᾱς lăgōíās	λᾰγῷᾰ lăgōîă
Vocative	λᾰγῷε lăgōîe	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgōíā	λᾰγῷον lăgōîon	λᾰγῴω lăgōíō	λᾰγῴᾱ lăgōíā	λᾰγῴω lăgōíō	λᾰγῷοι lăgōîoi	λᾰγῷαι lăgōîai	λᾰγῷᾰ lăgōîă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	λᾰγῴως lăgōíōs			λᾰγῳότερος lăgōióteros			λᾰγῳότᾰτος lăgōiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“λαγῷος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“λαγῷος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
λαγῷος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- hare idem, page 386.