βαγαῖος

See also: Βαγαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the gloss consists of two or more elements. One may think of a connection with Persian (bağ, “god, deity”); if so, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide”) (see Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈɡɛ.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈʝɛ.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈʝe.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈʝe.os/

Adjective

βαγαῖος • (bagaîos)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: μάταιος (mátaios, “vain, empty, idle”).
(Greek mythology) title of Zeus in Phrygia

Further reading

“βαγαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
βαγαῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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
Hesychius' Lexicon: β

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