paragoge

English

Etymology

From Late Latin paragoge, from Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, “derivation, addition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæɹəˈɡəʊd͡ʒi/

Noun

paragoge (countable and uncountable, plural paragoges)

1. (grammar, prosody) The addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word, either through natural development or as a grammatical function.

Examples (grammar, prosody)
without -en => withouten

Synonyms

• ecstasis
• epithesis

Coordinate terms

• epenthesis
• prothesis

Derived terms

• paragogic

Translations

the addition of a sound, syllable or letter to the end of a word

• Breton: lostkresk m
• French: paragoge (fr) f
• Greek: παραγωγοί (el) f (paragogoí)

  Ancient: παραγωγή f (paragōgḗ)

• Hungarian: paragogé
• Italian: paragoge f
• Latin: paragōgē f
• Macedonian: парагога f (paragoga)
• Portuguese: paragoge (pt) f
• Romanian: paragogă (ro) f
• Spanish: paragoge (es) f
• Welsh: ôl-osodiad m

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin paragōgē, from Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, “derivation, addition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.raˈɡɔ.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ɔdʒe
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧gò‧ge

Noun

paragoge f (plural paragogi)

1. (grammar, prosody) paragoge

   Synonym: epitesi

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, “derivation, addition”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈɡoː.ɡeː/, [päräˈɡoːɡeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈɡo.d͡ʒe/, [päräˈɡɔːd͡ʒe]

Noun

paragōgē f (genitive paragōgēs); first declension

1. (Late Latin, grammar, prosody) paragoge

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	paragōgē	paragōgae
genitive	paragōgēs	paragōgārum
dative	paragōgae	paragōgīs
accusative	paragōgēn	paragōgās
ablative	paragōgē	paragōgīs
vocative	paragōgē	paragōgae

References

• “paragoge”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paragoge in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin paragōgē, from Ancient Greek παραγωγή (paragōgḗ, “derivation, addition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈɡoxe/ [pa.ɾaˈɣ̞o.xe]
• Rhymes: -oxe
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧go‧ge

Noun

paragoge f (plural paragoges)

1. paragoge

Related terms

• paragógico

 

Further reading

• “paragoge”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10