αἴγιλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἴξ (aíx, “goat”). Considered present in the toponym Ancient Greek Αἴγιλα f (Aígila), Αἰγιλία f (Aigilía) which is also attested as Mycenaean Greek 𐁀𐀑𐀨 (a2-ki-ra) in Na 856.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡi.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɡi.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʝi.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝi.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝi.los/

Noun

αἴγῐλος • (aígĭlos) f (genitive αἰγῐ́λου); second declension

alternative form of αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “haver-grass”)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ αἴγῐλος; τῆς αἰγῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἴγῐλος hē aígĭlos	τὼ αἰγῐ́λω tṑ aigĭ́lō	αἱ αἴγῐλοι hai aígĭloi
Genitive	τῆς αἰγῐ́λου tês aigĭ́lou	τοῖν αἰγῐ́λοιν toîn aigĭ́loin	τῶν αἰγῐ́λων tôn aigĭ́lōn
Dative	τῇ αἰγῐ́λῳ tēî aigĭ́lōi	τοῖν αἰγῐ́λοιν toîn aigĭ́loin	ταῖς αἰγῐ́λοις taîs aigĭ́lois
Accusative	τὴν αἴγῐλον tḕn aígĭlon	τὼ αἰγῐ́λω tṑ aigĭ́lō	τᾱ̀ς αἰγῐ́λους tā̀s aigĭ́lous
Vocative	αἴγῐλε aígĭle	αἰγῐ́λω aigĭ́lō	αἴγῐλοι aígĭloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“αἴγιλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“αἴγιλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
αἴγιλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
αἴγιλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)