αὐγή

See also: αυγή and Αὔγη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase”).[1] Cognates might include Albanian ag (“dawn”) and agój (“to dawn”) and Old Church Slavonic югъ (jugŭ, “South, south wind”).[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αὐγή • (augḗ) f (genitive αὐγῆς); first declension

  1. light of the sun, sunlight
  2. (in the plural) rays, beams
  3. dawn
  4. any bright light, as of fire
  5. any gleam on the surface of bright objects, sheen

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αὐγή; τῆς αὐγῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ αὐγή
hē augḗ 		τὼ αὐγᾱ́
tṑ augā́ 		αἱ αὐγαί
hai augaí
Genitive τῆς αὐγῆς
tês augês 		τοῖν αὐγαῖν
toîn augaîn 		τῶν αὐγῶν
tôn augôn
Dative τῇ αὐγῇ
tēî augēî 		τοῖν αὐγαῖν
toîn augaîn 		ταῖς αὐγαῖς
taîs augaîs
Accusative τὴν αὐγήν
tḕn augḗn 		τὼ αὐγᾱ́
tṑ augā́ 		τᾱ̀ς αὐγᾱ́ς
tā̀s augā́s
Vocative αὐγή
augḗ 		αὐγᾱ́
augā́ 		αὐγαί
augaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • εὐαυγής (euaugḗs)
  • εὐαυγία (euaugía)
  • τηλαυγής (tēlaugḗs)

Descendants

  • Greek: αυγή (avgí)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “Aὐγή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “αὐγή”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 183-184

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