Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Γοργώ • ‎(Gorgṓ) f ‎(genitive Γοργοῦς); mixed declension
Γοργώ • ‎(Gorgṓ) f ‎(genitive Γοργόνος); third declension

1. gorgon

Usage notes

The third declension inflections with the irregular nominative singular are only sometimes found in the archaic or verse.

Inflection

Derived terms

• Γοργόνειος ‎(Gorgóneios)
• Γόργειος ‎(Górgeios)

Descendants

• Greek: Γοργώ ‎(Gorgó)
• Latin: Gorgon

References

• Γοργώ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Γοργώ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Γοργώ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «Γοργώ» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Γοργώ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011