ἀετός

See also: αετός and Αετός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ayyetós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewyetós, from *h₂éwis (“bird”). Cognate with Sanskrit वि (ví), Latin avis, Old Armenian հաւ (haw).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾱ̓ετός • (āetós) m (genitive ᾱ̓ετοῦ); second declension

  1. eagle
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Aquila
  3. (if involving an auspice): omen
  4. gable

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ᾱ̓ετός; τοῦ ᾱ̓ετοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ᾱ̓ετός
ho āetós 		τὼ ᾱ̓ετώ
tṑ āetṓ 		οἱ ᾱ̓ετοί
hoi āetoí
Genitive τοῦ ᾱ̓ετοῦ
toû āetoû 		τοῖν ᾱ̓ετοῖν
toîn āetoîn 		τῶν ᾱ̓ετῶν
tôn āetôn
Dative τῷ ᾱ̓ετῷ
tōî āetōî 		τοῖν ᾱ̓ετοῖν
toîn āetoîn 		τοῖς ᾱ̓ετοῖς
toîs āetoîs
Accusative τὸν ᾱ̓ετόν
tòn āetón 		τὼ ᾱ̓ετώ
tṑ āetṓ 		τοὺς ᾱ̓ετούς
toùs āetoús
Vocative ᾱ̓ετέ
āeté 		ᾱ̓ετώ
āetṓ 		ᾱ̓ετοί
āetoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἰετός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

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