ῥαγάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥήγνῡμι (rhḗgnūmi, “to break asunder, shatter”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥᾰγᾰ́ς • (rhagás) f (genitive ῥᾰγᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. fissure in soil, chink, crevice
  2. crack or chap of the skin
  3. (pathology) fistula and haemorrhoids

Declension
Third declension of ἡ ῥᾰγᾰ́ς; τῆς ῥᾰγᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥᾰγᾰ́ς
hē rhagás		 τὼ ῥᾰγᾰ́δε
tṑ rhagáde		 αἱ ῥᾰγᾰ́δες
hai rhagádes
Genitive τῆς ῥᾰγᾰ́δος
tês rhagádos		 τοῖν ῥᾰγᾰ́δοιν
toîn rhagádoin		 τῶν ῥᾰγᾰ́δων
tôn rhagádōn
Dative τῇ ῥᾰγᾰ́δῐ
têi rhagádi		 τοῖν ῥᾰγᾰ́δοιν
toîn rhagádoin		 ταῖς ῥᾰγᾰ́σῐ / ῥᾰγᾰ́σῐν
taîs rhagási(n)
Accusative τὴν ῥᾰγᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn rhagáda		 τὼ ῥᾰγᾰ́δε
tṑ rhagáde		 τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰγᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s rhagádas
Vocative ῥᾰγᾰ́ς
rhagás		 ῥᾰγᾰ́δε
rhagáde		 ῥᾰγᾰ́δες
rhagádes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms
  • ῥᾰγᾰ́δῐον (rhagádion)

Descendants
  • Greek: ραγάδα (ragáda)
  • → Latin: rhagades

Further reading
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