αἴγιθος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἴγινθος (aíginthos), αἰγίοθος (aigíothos)
Etymology
A typical Pre-Greek word, discernible from its prenasalization.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǎi̯.ɡi.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ɡi.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.ʝi.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ʝi.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.ʝi.θos/
Noun
αἴγῐθος • (aígĭthos) m (genitive αἰγῐ́θου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ αἴγῐθος ho aígĭthos |
τὼ αἰγῐ́θω tṑ aigĭ́thō |
οἱ αἴγῐθοι hoi aígĭthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ αἰγῐ́θου toû aigĭ́thou |
τοῖν αἰγῐ́θοιν toîn aigĭ́thoin |
τῶν αἰγῐ́θων tôn aigĭ́thōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ αἰγῐ́θῳ tōî aigĭ́thōi |
τοῖν αἰγῐ́θοιν toîn aigĭ́thoin |
τοῖς αἰγῐ́θοις toîs aigĭ́thois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν αἴγῐθον tòn aígĭthon |
τὼ αἰγῐ́θω tṑ aigĭ́thō |
τοὺς αἰγῐ́θους toùs aigĭ́thous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἴγῐθε aígĭthe |
αἰγῐ́θω aigĭ́thō |
αἴγῐθοι aígĭthoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- αἰγίθαλλος (aigíthallos)
Descendants
- → Latin: aegithus
Further reading
- “αἴγιθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἴγιθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἴγιθος 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