ἀγαυός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly related to ἀγάομαι (agáomai, “to admire”) (Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”)) or ἀγασθαί (agasthaí, “to wonder, look at”), from ἀ- (a-) + γηθέω (gēthéō, “rejoice”). But, due to the rare υό element, it may be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡau̯.ós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈwos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈβos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈvos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣaˈvos/

Adjective

ἀγαυός • (agauós) m (feminine ἀγαυή, neuter ἀγαυόν); first/second declension

noble, illustrious

Declension

First and second declension of ἀγαυός; ἀγαυή; ἀγαυόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀγαυός agauós	ἀγαυή agauḗ	ἀγαυόν agauón	ἀγαυώ agauṓ	ἀγαυᾱ́ agauā́	ἀγαυώ agauṓ	ἀγαυοί agauoí	ἀγαυαί agauaí	ἀγαυᾰ́ agauá
Genitive	ἀγαυοῦ agauoû	ἀγαυῆς agauês	ἀγαυοῦ agauoû	ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn	ἀγαυαῖν agauaîn	ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn	ἀγαυῶν agauôn	ἀγαυῶν agauôn	ἀγαυῶν agauôn
Dative	ἀγαυῷ agauôi	ἀγαυῇ agauêi	ἀγαυῷ agauôi	ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn	ἀγαυαῖν agauaîn	ἀγαυοῖν agauoîn	ἀγαυοῖς agauoîs	ἀγαυαῖς agauaîs	ἀγαυοῖς agauoîs
Accusative	ἀγαυόν agauón	ἀγαυήν agauḗn	ἀγαυόν agauón	ἀγαυώ agauṓ	ἀγαυᾱ́ agauā́	ἀγαυώ agauṓ	ἀγαυούς agauoús	ἀγαυᾱ́ς agauā́s	ἀγαυᾰ́ agauá
Vocative	ἀγαυέ agaué	ἀγαυή agauḗ	ἀγαυόν agauón	ἀγαυώ agauṓ	ἀγαυᾱ́ agauā́	ἀγαυώ agauṓ	ἀγαυοί agauoí	ἀγαυαί agauaí	ἀγαυᾰ́ agauá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἀγαυῶς agauôs			ἀγαυότερος agauóteros			ἀγαυότᾰτος agauótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Translingual: Agave
- → Danish: agave
- → English: agave
- → Esperanto: agavo
- → French: agave
- → Ido: agavo
- → Italian: agave
- → Portuguese: agave
- → Spanish: agave

References

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
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN