Ἀγαύη

See also: ἀγαυή and Ἀγαυή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the feminine of ἀγαυός (agauós, “illustrious, noble”), with a stress shift.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀγαύη • (Agaúē) f (genitive Ἀγαύης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) a female given name, Agave, borne by several figures in Greek mythology

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀγαύη; τῆς Ἀγαύης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἀγαύη
hē Agaúē
Genitive τῆς Ἀγαύης
tês Agaúēs
Dative τῇ Ἀγαύῃ
tēî Agaúēi
Accusative τὴν Ἀγαύην
tḕn Agaúēn
Vocative Ἀγαύη
Agaúē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants
  • → Greek: Αγαύη (Agávi) (learned)
  • → Latin: Agavē

Further reading

  • “Ἀγαύη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἀγαύη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000
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