αἰγίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyg- (“to stir, set in motion”), but probably from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”), as in a goat-skin shield. Has also been connected to ἀΐσσω (aḯssō, “to move violently”) and Sanskrit एजति (éjati, “to tremble, shake”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈɡis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈɣis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈʝis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈʝis/
Noun
αἰγῐ́ς • (aigís) f (genitive αἰγῐ́δος); third declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ αἰγῐ́ς hē aigís |
τὼ αἰγῐ́δε tṑ aigíde |
αἱ αἰγῐ́δες hai aigídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς αἰγῐ́δος tês aigídos |
τοῖν αἰγῐ́δοιν toîn aigídoin |
τῶν αἰγῐ́δων tôn aigídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ αἰγῐ́δῐ têi aigídi |
τοῖν αἰγῐ́δοιν toîn aigídoin |
ταῖς αἰγῐ́σῐ / αἰγῐ́σῐν taîs aigísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν αἰγῐ́δᾰ tḕn aigída |
τὼ αἰγῐ́δε tṑ aigíde |
τᾱ̀ς αἰγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s aigídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | αἰγῐ́ς aigís |
αἰγῐ́δε aigíde |
αἰγῐ́δες aigídes | ||||||||||
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References
- αἰγίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἰγίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἰγίς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἰγίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰγίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- αἰγίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- αἰγίς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- αἰγίς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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