αἰγίλωψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unclear.

1. The oak sense has been argued to retain a Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”) whence Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”) and Latin aesculus (“some oak”).
2. However, the haver-grass sense has been argued to derive from αἴγιλος (aígilos, “haver-grass”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”) (whence αἴξ (aíx)).
3. For the lachrymal fistula sense, see also ἀγχίλωψ (ankhílōps).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡí.lɔːps/ → /ɛˈʝi.lops/ → /eˈʝi.lops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡí.lɔːps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈɡi.lops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈʝi.lops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈʝi.lops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈʝi.lops/

Noun

αἰγῐ́λωψ • (aigílōps) m (genitive αἰγῐ́λωπος); third declension

1. haver-grass (Aegilops neglecta)
2. Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) or valonia oak (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis)
3. ulcer in the eye, lachrymal fistula
4. a bulbous plant

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ αἰγῐ́λωψ; τοῦ αἰγῐ́λωπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἰγῐ́λωψ ho aigílōps	τὼ αἰγῐ́λωπε tṑ aigílōpe	οἱ αἰγῐ́λωπες hoi aigílōpes
Genitive	τοῦ αἰγῐ́λωπος toû aigílōpos	τοῖν αἰγῐλώποιν toîn aigilṓpoin	τῶν αἰγῐλώπων tôn aigilṓpōn
Dative	τῷ αἰγῐ́λωπῐ tôi aigílōpi	τοῖν αἰγῐλώποιν toîn aigilṓpoin	τοῖς αἰγῐ́λωψῐ / αἰγῐ́λωψῐν toîs aigílōpsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν αἰγῐ́λωπᾰ tòn aigílōpa	τὼ αἰγῐ́λωπε tṑ aigílōpe	τοὺς αἰγῐ́λωπᾰς toùs aigílōpas
Vocative	αἰγῐ́λωψ aigílōps	αἰγῐ́λωπε aigílōpe	αἰγῐ́λωπες aigílōpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: aegilōps m, aegilōpa f
  • → English: aegilops
  • → French: égilope

Further reading

• “αἰγίλωψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἰγίλωψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰγίλωψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)