αἰγόλεθρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἰγόλεθρον (aigólethron)
Etymology
From αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) + ὄλεθρος (ólethros, “plague, bane”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡó.le.tʰros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈɡo.le.tʰros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈɣo.le.θros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈɣo.le.θros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈɣo.le.θros/
Noun
αἰγόλεθρος • (aigólethros) m (genitive αἰγολέθρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ αἰγόλεθρος ho aigólethros |
τὼ αἰγολέθρω tṑ aigoléthrō |
οἱ αἰγόλεθροι hoi aigólethroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ αἰγολέθρου toû aigoléthrou |
τοῖν αἰγολέθροιν toîn aigoléthroin |
τῶν αἰγολέθρων tôn aigoléthrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ αἰγολέθρῳ tōî aigoléthrōi |
τοῖν αἰγολέθροιν toîn aigoléthroin |
τοῖς αἰγολέθροις toîs aigoléthrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν αἰγόλεθρον tòn aigólethron |
τὼ αἰγολέθρω tṑ aigoléthrō |
τοὺς αἰγολέθρους toùs aigoléthrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἰγόλεθρε aigólethre |
αἰγολέθρω aigoléthrō |
αἰγόλεθροι aigólethroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: aegolethron
Further reading
- “αἰγόλεθρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἰγόλεθρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰγόλεθρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)