αἴξ

See also: αιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *aíks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”). Cognates include Old Armenian այծ (ayc), Sanskrit एड (eḍa), and Albanian dhi.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αἴξ • (aíx) m or f (genitive αἰγός); third declension

  1. goat (especially a she-goat)
    Τὴν αἶγα ὁ τράγος ἀγαπᾷ.
    Tḕn aîga ho trágos agapāî.
    The billy goat loves the she-goat.
  2. a kind of waterfowl, possibly a goose
  3. In the plural: waves, surf
  4. (proper noun) the star Capella

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ αἴξ; τοῦ, τῆς αἰγός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ αἴξ
ho, hē aíx 		τὼ αἶγε
tṑ aîge 		οἱ, αἱ αἶγες
hoi, hai aîges
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς αἰγός
toû, tês aigós 		τοῖν αἰγοῖν
toîn aigoîn 		τῶν αἰγῶν
tôn aigôn
Dative τῷ, τῇ αἰγῐ́
tōî, tēî aigĭ́ 		τοῖν αἰγοῖν
toîn aigoîn 		τοῖς, ταῖς αἰξῐ́ / αἰξῐ́ν
toîs, taîs aixĭ́(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν αἶγᾰ
tòn, tḕn aîgă 		τὼ αἶγε
tṑ aîge 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς αἶγᾰς
toùs, tā̀s aîgăs
Vocative αἴξ
aíx 		αἶγε
aîge 		αἶγες
aîges
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: αίγα (aíga), γίδι (gídi) (from diminutive)
  • → Greek: αιξ f (aix) (Katharevousa)
  • → Translingual: Aix

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἴξ, αἰγός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 40-1

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