# πηγή
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* πᾱγᾱ́ (pāgā́) — Doric

### Etymology

Unknown; possibly Pre-Greek. Perhaps related to πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi), then derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /piˈʝi/ → /piˈʝi/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pɛː.ɡɛ̌ː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /pe̝ˈɡe̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /piˈʝi/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /piˈʝi/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /piˈʝi/

### Noun

πηγή • (pēgḗ) f (genitive πηγῆς); first declension
* spring, well, fountain
    Synonyms: κρήνη (krḗnē), κρουνός (krounós), πῖδᾰξ (pîdax)
* (in the plural) source of a river
* vein (of a mineral)
* source, origin, cause

#### Usage notes

Often in plural.

#### Synonyms

* νόα (nóa) (Laconian)

#### Derived terms

* πηγαῖος (pēgaîos, “of or from a well”)

#### Descendants

* Greek: πηγή (pigí)

### Further reading

* “πηγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “πηγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “πηγή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* πηγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* πηγή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* G4077 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. beginning idem, page 71.brook idem, page 101.cause idem, page 118.commencement idem, page 147.element idem, page 265.flood idem, page 329.fountain idem, page 341.origin idem, page 579.root idem, page 721.seed idem, page 749.shower idem, page 770.source idem, page 797.spring idem, page 805.starting point idem, page 812.stream idem, page 824.tear idem, page 859.vein idem, page 946.
* Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek πηγή (pēgḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈʝi/
* Hyphenation: πη‧γή
* Homophone: πυγή (pygí, “buttocks”)

### Noun

πηγή • (pigí) f (plural πηγές)
* source, origin (person, place, thing)
    πλουτοπαραγωγικές πηγές ― ploutoparagogikés pigés ― sources of wealth
* water source, spring
    Tο ποτάμι έχει τις πηγές του στο βουνό.To potámi échei tis pigés tou sto vounó.The river has its source in the mountains.

#### Declension

| | singular | plural |
| nominative | πηγή • | πηγές • |
| genitive | πηγής • | πηγών • |
| accusative | πηγή • | πηγές • |
| vocative | πηγή • | πηγές • |

#### Synonyms

* (water source): ανάβρα f (anávra)
* (water source): βρυσομάνα f (vrysomána)
* (water source): κεφαλάρι n (kefalári)
* (water source): κεφαλόβρυσο n (kefalóvryso)
* (water source): νερομάνα f (neromána)

#### Derived terms

* θερμές πηγές pl f (thermés pigés, “hot springs”)
* ιαματικές πηγές pl f (iamatikés pigés, “thermal springs”)

#### Related terms

* πηγάδι n (pigádi, “well”)
* πηγαίος (pigaíos, “of or from a well”, adj)

### Further reading

* πηγή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language