αἴγειρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἴγερος (aígeros)
Etymology
The connection with αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “a kind of oak”) is uncertain. According to Beekes, the noun is of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǎi̯.ɡeː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ɡi.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ʝi.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ʝi.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.ʝi.ros/
Noun
αἴγειρος • (aígeiros) f (genitive αἰγείρου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ αἴγειρος hē aígeiros |
τὼ αἰγείρω tṑ aigeírō |
αἱ αἴγειροι hai aígeiroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς αἰγείρου tês aigeírou |
τοῖν αἰγείροιν toîn aigeíroin |
τῶν αἰγείρων tôn aigeírōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ αἰγείρῳ tēî aigeírōi |
τοῖν αἰγείροιν toîn aigeíroin |
ταῖς αἰγείροις taîs aigeírois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν αἴγειρον tḕn aígeiron |
τὼ αἰγείρω tṑ aigeírō |
τᾱ̀ς αἰγείρους tā̀s aigeírous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἴγειρε aígeire |
αἰγείρω aigeírō |
αἴγειροι aígeiroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- αἰγείρινος (aigeírinos)
- αἰγειρίτης (aigeirítēs)
- αἰγειρών (aigeirṓn)
- χᾰμαίγειρον (khămaígeiron)
Further reading
- “αἴγειρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἴγειρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἴγειρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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