πάγος

nominalization of the verb πήγνυμι (to stick, fasten, build, fix), "that, what is built, fixed" ; see also πάγη and latin pagus.

πᾰ́γος • (págos) m (genitive πᾰ́γου); second declension

1. mountain peak, rocky hill
2. frost
   1. the scum on the surface of milk
   2. salt, as formed by the evaporation of seawater

• (frost): παγετός (pagetós)
• (milk scum): ἐπίπαγος (epípagos)

• πάγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πάγος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πάγος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πάγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• πάγος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• πάγος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • frost idem, page 347.
  • height idem, page 394.
  • hill idem, page 400.
  • mountain idem, page 543.
  • steep idem, page 815.

From Ancient Greek πάγος (págos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɣos/
• Hyphenation: πά‧γος

πάγος • (págos) m (plural πάγοι)

1. ice (frozen water)

   με πάγο ― me págo ― with ice

   χωρίς πάγο ― chorís págo ― without ice

   σπάω τον πάγο ― spáo ton págo ― break the ice

   Το ψυγείο πρέπει να καθαριστεί επειδή έχει μαζέψει πάγο. ― To psygeío prépei na katharisteí epeidí échei mazépsei págo. ― The fridge needs to be cleaned because ice has collected (in it).

2. (derogatory, figuratively) cold person, unfriendly person (one metaphorically cold like ice)

   Αυτή η γυναίκα δε χαμογελάει ποτέ· είναι σκέτος πάγος. ― Aftí i gynaíka de chamogeláei poté; eínai skétos págos. ― That woman never smiles - she's a complete ice queen.