Ἀργυννίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ἀργουνίς (Argounís)

Etymology

From ἄργῠρος (árgŭros, “silver”) or ἀργός (argós, “shing white, brilliant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“brilliant white”). Cognate of Sanskrit अर्जुन (árjuna).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀργῠννῐ́ς • (Argŭnnĭ́s) f (genitive Ἀργῠννῐ́δος); third declension

  1. an epithet for Aphrodite used at one of her temples, Ἀργύννιον (Argúnnion), in Boeotia

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἀργῠννῐ́ς; τῆς Ἀργῠννῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἀργῠννῐ́ς
hē Argŭnnĭ́s
Genitive τῆς Ἀργῠννῐ́δος
tês Argŭnnĭ́dos
Dative τῇ Ἀργῠννῐ́δῐ
tēî Argŭnnĭ́dĭ
Accusative τὴν Ἀργῠννῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Argŭnnĭ́dă
Vocative Ἀργῠννῐ́ς
Argŭnnĭ́s
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

  • Ἀργύννιον (Argúnnion), Ἀργύνειον (Argúneion), Ἀργύννιος (Argúnnios)
  • Ἄργυννος (Árgunnos)

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Argynnis

References

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