φυγάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φεύγω (pheúgō, “to flee”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰy.ɡás/ → /ɸyˈɣas/ → /fiˈɣas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy.ɡás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰyˈɡas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸyˈɣas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fyˈɣas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈɣas/

Noun

φῠγᾰ́ς • (phugás) m or f (genitive φῠγᾰ́δος); third declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. one who flees from his or her country
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.150
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.138
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 430
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.3.11
   1. voluntarily: runaway, fugitive
   2. by legal sentence: exile

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ φῠγᾰ́ς; τοῦ, τῆς φῠγᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ φῠγᾰ́ς ho, hē phugás	τὼ φῠγᾰ́δε tṑ phugáde	οἱ, αἱ φῠγᾰ́δες hoi, hai phugádes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς φῠγᾰ́δος toû, tês phugádos	τοῖν φῠγᾰ́δοιν toîn phugádoin	τῶν φῠγᾰ́δων tôn phugádōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ φῠγᾰ́δῐ tôi, têi phugádi	τοῖν φῠγᾰ́δοιν toîn phugádoin	τοῖς, ταῖς φῠγᾰ́σῐ / φῠγᾰ́σῐν toîs, taîs phugási(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν φῠγᾰ́δᾰ tòn, tḕn phugáda	τὼ φῠγᾰ́δε tṑ phugáde	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς φῠγᾰ́δᾰς toùs, tā̀s phugádas
Vocative	φῠγᾰ́ς phugás	φῠγᾰ́δε phugáde	φῠγᾰ́δες phugádes
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.

References

• “φυγάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φυγάς (phugás).

Noun

φυγάς • (fygás) m (plural φυγάδες)

1. fugitive, runaway, escapee

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	φυγάς (fygás)	φυγάδες (fygádes)
genitive	φυγάδος (fygádos)	φυγάδων (fygádon)
accusative	φυγάδα (fygáda)	φυγάδες (fygádes)
vocative	φυγά (fygá)	φυγάδες (fygádes)

Synonyms

• δραπέτης m (drapétis, “escapee, runaway”)

Related terms

• φεύγω (févgo)
• φυγή f (fygí)