γίγας in Ancient Greek

IPA: /ɡí.ɡaːs/, /ˈʝi.ɣas/, /ˈʝi.ɣas/, /ɡí.ɡaːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈɡi.ɡas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈʝi.ɣas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈʝi.ɣas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈʝi.ɣas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Γίγᾱς (Gígās). Head templates: {{head|grc|adjective|g=m|head=γίγᾱς}} γίγᾱς • (gígās) m Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|γί˘γᾱς|γίγᾰντος|form=M}} Forms: γίγᾱς [canonical], gígās [romanization], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ γῐ́γᾱς [nominative, singular], τὼ γῐ́γᾰντε [dual, nominative], οἱ γῐ́γᾰντες [nominative, plural], τοῦ γῐ́γᾰντος [genitive, singular], τοῖν γῐγᾰ́ντοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν γῐγᾰ́ντων [genitive, plural], τῷ γῐ́γᾰντῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν γῐγᾰ́ντοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς γῐ́γᾱσῐ [dative, plural], γῐ́γᾱσῐν [dative, plural], toîs gĭ́gāsĭ [dative, plural], toîs gĭ́gāsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν γῐ́γᾰντᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ γῐ́γᾰντε [accusative, dual], τοὺς γῐ́γᾰντᾰς [accusative, plural], γῐ́γᾰν [singular, vocative], γῐ́γᾰντε [dual, vocative], γῐ́γᾰντες [plural, vocative]

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    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
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      "roman": "hoi gĭ́găntes",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοῦ γῐ́γᾰντος",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοῖν γῐγᾰ́ντοιν",
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        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "τῶν γῐγᾰ́ντων",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τῷ γῐ́γᾰντῐ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "toîs gĭ́gāsĭn",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "form": "τοὺς γῐ́γᾰντᾰς",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      "roman": "gĭ́găntes",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɡí.ɡaːs/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡi.ɡas/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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}

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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "toîs gĭ́gāsĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν γῐ́γᾰντᾰ",
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        "singular"
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        "dual"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɡí.ɡaːs/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡí.ɡaːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡi.ɡas/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈʝi.ɣas/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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}

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"γίγας" meaning in Ancient Greek

Adjective