αἴξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eiǵ- (“goat”). Cognates include Old Armenian այծ (ayc) and Sanskrit एड (eḍa).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /a͜ɪ́kʰs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛːkʰs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /exs/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /eks/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /eks/

Noun

αἴξ (genitive αἰγός) m or f, third declension; (aiks)

1. goat

Inflection

Third declension of αἴξ, αἰγός

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	αἴξ	αἶγε	αἶγες
Genitive	αἰγός	αἰγοῖν	αἰγῶν
Dative	αἰγί	αἰγοῖν	αἰξί(ν)
Accusative	αἶγᾰ	αἶγε	αἶγᾰς
Vocative	αἴξ	αἶγε	αἶγες

Derived terms

• αἰγίς