"ἄγγαρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἄγγαρος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /áŋ.ɡa.ros/, /ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/, /ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/, /áŋ.ɡa.ros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The exact source is unknown. Not from Akkadian 𒇽𒂠𒂷 (^(LU₂).ḪUN.GA₂ /⁠agru⁠/, “hired man”). Maybe from Old Persian *angarā (“missive, letter”), a reconstructed word which is from Aramaic *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀 (*’engarā), form of *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀 (*’engartā), variant of 𐡀𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀 (’iggartā), 𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓𐡕‬𐡀 (’engirtā, “missive, letter; contract”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌅 (egirtu, “inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal”), from 𒄃 (egēru, “to be difficult, to be twisted or locked together; to have a twisted tongue, to be unable to speak against an order”). Or from Old Persian *hankarah (“messenger”). Etymology templates: {{noncog|akk|𒇽𒂠𒂷|t=hired man|tr=^(LU₂).ḪUN.GA₂|ts=agru}} Akkadian 𒇽𒂠𒂷 (^(LU₂).ḪUN.GA₂ /⁠agru⁠/, “hired man”), {{der|grc|peo|*angarā||missive, letter}} Old Persian *angarā (“missive, letter”), {{der|grc|arc|*𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀|tr=*’engarā}} Aramaic *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀 (*’engarā), {{der|grc|akk|𒂊𒄈𒌅|t=inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal|tr=egirtu}} Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌅 (egirtu, “inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal”), {{der|grc|peo|*hankarah|t=messenger}} Old Persian *hankarah (“messenger”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἄγγᾰρος|ἀγγᾰ́ρου|m|second}} ἄγγᾰρος • (ángaros) m (genitive ἀγγᾰ́ρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἄγγᾰρος|ου|form=M}} Forms: ἄγγᾰρος [canonical], ángaros [romanization], ἀγγᾰ́ρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ἄγγᾰρος [nominative, singular], τὼ ἀγγᾰ́ρω [dual, nominative], οἱ ἄγγᾰροι [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἀγγᾰ́ρου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἀγγᾰ́ροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἀγγᾰ́ρων [genitive, plural], τῷ ἀγγᾰ́ρῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἀγγᾰ́ροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἀγγᾰ́ροις [dative, plural], τὸν ἄγγᾰρον [accusative, singular], τὼ ἀγγᾰ́ρω [accusative, dual], τοὺς ἀγγᾰ́ρους [accusative, plural], ἄγγᾰρε [singular, vocative], ἀγγᾰ́ρω [dual, vocative], ἄγγᾰροι [plural, vocative]
  1. Persian mounted courier, for carrying royal dispatches Categories (topical): Occupations Derived forms: ἄγγαρα (ángara), ἀγγαρεία (angareía), ἀγγαρευτής (angareutḗs), ἀγγαρεύω (angareúō), ἀγγαρήιον (angarḗion), ἀγγαροφορέω (angarophoréō)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒇽𒂠𒂷",
        "t": "hired man",
        "tr": "^(LU₂).ḪUN.GA₂",
        "ts": "agru"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒇽𒂠𒂷 (^(LU₂).ḪUN.GA₂ /⁠agru⁠/, “hired man”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*angarā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "missive, letter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *angarā (“missive, letter”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "arc",
        "3": "*𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀",
        "tr": "*’engarā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀 (*’engarā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "akk",
        "3": "𒂊𒄈𒌅",
        "t": "inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal",
        "tr": "egirtu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌅 (egirtu, “inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*hankarah",
        "t": "messenger"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *hankarah (“messenger”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The exact source is unknown. Not from Akkadian 𒇽𒂠𒂷 (^(LU₂).ḪUN.GA₂ /⁠agru⁠/, “hired man”). Maybe from Old Persian *angarā (“missive, letter”), a reconstructed word which is from Aramaic *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀 (*’engarā), form of *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀 (*’engartā), variant of 𐡀𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀 (’iggartā), 𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓𐡕‬𐡀 (’engirtā, “missive, letter; contract”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌅 (egirtu, “inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal”), from 𒄃 (egēru, “to be difficult, to be twisted or locked together; to have a twisted tongue, to be unable to speak against an order”).\nOr from Old Persian *hankarah (“messenger”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ἄγγᾰρος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ángaros",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγγᾰ́ρου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἄγγᾰρος",
      "roman": "ho ángaros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἀγγᾰ́ρω",
      "roman": "tṑ angárō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἄγγᾰροι",
      "roman": "hoi ángaroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἀγγᾰ́ρου",
      "roman": "toû angárou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀγγᾰ́ροιν",
      "roman": "toîn angároin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἀγγᾰ́ρων",
      "roman": "tôn angárōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἀγγᾰ́ρῳ",
      "roman": "tôi angárōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀγγᾰ́ροιν",
      "roman": "toîn angároin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἀγγᾰ́ροις",
      "roman": "toîs angárois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἄγγᾰρον",
      "roman": "tòn ángaron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἀγγᾰ́ρω",
      "roman": "tṑ angárō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἀγγᾰ́ρους",
      "roman": "toùs angárous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄγγᾰρε",
      "roman": "ángare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγγᾰ́ρω",
      "roman": "angárō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄγγᾰροι",
      "roman": "ángaroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἄγγᾰρος",
        "2": "ἀγγᾰ́ρου",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "ἄγγᾰρος • (ángaros) m (genitive ἀγγᾰ́ρου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἄγγᾰρος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "grc:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "ángara",
          "word": "ἄγγαρα"
        },
        {
          "roman": "angareía",
          "word": "ἀγγαρεία"
        },
        {
          "roman": "angareutḗs",
          "word": "ἀγγαρευτής"
        },
        {
          "roman": "angareúō",
          "word": "ἀγγαρεύω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "angarḗion",
          "word": "ἀγγαρήιον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "angarophoréō",
          "word": "ἀγγαροφορέω"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Persian mounted courier, for carrying royal dispatches"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἄγγαρος-grc-noun-XEXpdyl9",
      "links": [
        [
          "Persian",
          "Persian"
        ],
        [
          "courier",
          "courier"
        ],
        [
          "dispatch",
          "dispatch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/áŋ.ɡa.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/áŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἄγγαρος"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ángara",
      "word": "ἄγγαρα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "angareía",
      "word": "ἀγγαρεία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "angareutḗs",
      "word": "ἀγγαρευτής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "angareúō",
      "word": "ἀγγαρεύω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "angarḗion",
      "word": "ἀγγαρήιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "angarophoréō",
      "word": "ἀγγαροφορέω"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒇽𒂠𒂷",
        "t": "hired man",
        "tr": "^(LU₂).ḪUN.GA₂",
        "ts": "agru"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒇽𒂠𒂷 (^(LU₂).ḪUN.GA₂ /⁠agru⁠/, “hired man”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*angarā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "missive, letter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *angarā (“missive, letter”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "arc",
        "3": "*𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀",
        "tr": "*’engarā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀 (*’engarā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "akk",
        "3": "𒂊𒄈𒌅",
        "t": "inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal",
        "tr": "egirtu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌅 (egirtu, “inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "*hankarah",
        "t": "messenger"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian *hankarah (“messenger”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The exact source is unknown. Not from Akkadian 𒇽𒂠𒂷 (^(LU₂).ḪUN.GA₂ /⁠agru⁠/, “hired man”). Maybe from Old Persian *angarā (“missive, letter”), a reconstructed word which is from Aramaic *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡀 (*’engarā), form of *𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀 (*’engartā), variant of 𐡀𐡂𐡓‬𐡕𐡀 (’iggartā), 𐡀𐡍‬𐡂𐡓𐡕‬𐡀 (’engirtā, “missive, letter; contract”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒄈𒌅 (egirtu, “inscribed tablet; oracle of fate, ambiguous wording; contract, bound deal”), from 𒄃 (egēru, “to be difficult, to be twisted or locked together; to have a twisted tongue, to be unable to speak against an order”).\nOr from Old Persian *hankarah (“messenger”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ἄγγᾰρος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ángaros",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγγᾰ́ρου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ἄγγᾰρος",
      "roman": "ho ángaros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἀγγᾰ́ρω",
      "roman": "tṑ angárō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ἄγγᾰροι",
      "roman": "hoi ángaroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ἀγγᾰ́ρου",
      "roman": "toû angárou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀγγᾰ́ροιν",
      "roman": "toîn angároin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἀγγᾰ́ρων",
      "roman": "tôn angárōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ἀγγᾰ́ρῳ",
      "roman": "tôi angárōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἀγγᾰ́ροιν",
      "roman": "toîn angároin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ἀγγᾰ́ροις",
      "roman": "toîs angárois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ἄγγᾰρον",
      "roman": "tòn ángaron",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἀγγᾰ́ρω",
      "roman": "tṑ angárō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ἀγγᾰ́ρους",
      "roman": "toùs angárous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄγγᾰρε",
      "roman": "ángare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀγγᾰ́ρω",
      "roman": "angárō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄγγᾰροι",
      "roman": "ángaroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἄγγᾰρος",
        "2": "ἀγγᾰ́ρου",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "ἄγγᾰρος • (ángaros) m (genitive ἀγγᾰ́ρου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἄγγᾰρος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Akkadian",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Aramaic",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Old Persian",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Occupations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Persian mounted courier, for carrying royal dispatches"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Persian",
          "Persian"
        ],
        [
          "courier",
          "courier"
        ],
        [
          "dispatch",
          "dispatch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/áŋ.ɡa.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/áŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaŋ.ɡa.ros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἄγγαρος"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ἄγγαρος meaning in Ancient Greek (5.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.