ἄγαν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Per Beekes (Beekes 2010: 8) from the accusative singular *m̥ǵ-éh₂-m of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”), whence μέγας (mégas).[1] For Beekes this form is important evidence for his hysterodynamic inflection type. The long ᾱ might be from another dialect.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡaːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡan/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣan/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣan/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣan/

Adverb

ᾰ̓́γᾱν • (ágān)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄγᾱν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8

“ἄγαν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἄγαν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἄγαν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
ἄγαν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)

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[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄγᾱν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8