πηγός

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, the same root of πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to fasten”).

πηγός • (pēgós) m (feminine πηγή, neuter πηγόν); first/second declension

solid, stout, strong (of horses and waves)
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.124
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.388
white
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Lycophron, Alexandra 336

First and second declension of πηγός; πηγή; πηγόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πηγός pēgós	πηγή pēgḗ	πηγόν pēgón	πηγώ pēgṓ	πηγᾱ́ pēgā́	πηγώ pēgṓ	πηγοί pēgoí	πηγαί pēgaí	πηγᾰ́ pēgắ
Genitive	πηγοῦ pēgoû	πηγῆς pēgês	πηγοῦ pēgoû	πηγοῖν pēgoîn	πηγαῖν pēgaîn	πηγοῖν pēgoîn	πηγῶν pēgôn	πηγῶν pēgôn	πηγῶν pēgôn
Dative	πηγῷ pēgōî	πηγῇ pēgēî	πηγῷ pēgōî	πηγοῖν pēgoîn	πηγαῖν pēgaîn	πηγοῖν pēgoîn	πηγοῖς pēgoîs	πηγαῖς pēgaîs	πηγοῖς pēgoîs
Accusative	πηγόν pēgón	πηγήν pēgḗn	πηγόν pēgón	πηγώ pēgṓ	πηγᾱ́ pēgā́	πηγώ pēgṓ	πηγούς pēgoús	πηγᾱ́ς pēgā́s	πηγᾰ́ pēgắ
Vocative	πηγέ pēgé	πηγή pēgḗ	πηγόν pēgón	πηγώ pēgṓ	πηγᾱ́ pēgā́	πηγώ pēgṓ	πηγοί pēgoí	πηγαί pēgaí	πηγᾰ́ pēgắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πηγῶς pēgôs			πηγότερος pēgóteros			πηγότᾰτος pēgótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“πηγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πηγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
πηγός 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