λαγών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (“weak, faint”) the same root of λαγαρός (lagarós, “hollow, sunken”), λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”), λάγνος (lágnos, “lascivious”), λήγω (lḗgō, “to stop, cease”) and λωγάνιον (lōgánion, “dewlap of oxen”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λᾰγών • (lagṓn) f or m (genitive λᾰγόνος); third declension

  1. (anatomy) hollow on each side below the ribs, flank
    Synonym: κενεών (keneṓn)
  2. (in the plural, in Later Greek) womb
  3. (figuratively) any hollow, also of cups
  4. flank of a mountain
  5. side of a grave

Declension
Third declension of ὁ, ἡ λᾰγών; τοῦ, τῆς λᾰγόνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ λᾰγών
ho, hē lagṓn		 τὼ λᾰγόνε
tṑ lagóne		 οἱ, αἱ λᾰγόνες
hoi, hai lagónes
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς λᾰγόνος
toû, tês lagónos		 τοῖν λᾰγόνοιν
toîn lagónoin		 τῶν λᾰγόνων
tôn lagónōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ λᾰγόνῐ
tôi, têi lagóni		 τοῖν λᾰγόνοιν
toîn lagónoin		 τοῖς, ταῖς λᾰγόσῐ / λᾰγόσῐν
toîs, taîs lagósi(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν λᾰγόνᾰ
tòn, tḕn lagóna		 τὼ λᾰγόνε
tṑ lagóne		 τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λᾰγόνᾰς
toùs, tā̀s lagónas
Vocative λᾰγών
lagṓn		 λᾰγόνε
lagóne		 λᾰγόνες
lagónes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: λαγόνα (lagóna)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

λαγών • (lagón) m

  1. genitive plural of λαγός (lagós)
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