αἴξ

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek words related to “goats” (αἶγες):
αἱ αἶγες μηκῶνται – “The goats bleat.”
ὁ τράγος – “the he-goat”
ὁ ἔριφος – “the kid, young goat”

Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *aíks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (goat). Cognates include Old Armenian այծ (ayc), Sanskrit एड (eḍa), and Albanian dhi.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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αἴξ (aíxm or f (genitive αἰγός); third declension

  1. goat (especially a she-goat)
    Τὴν αἶγα ὁ τράγος ἀγαπᾷ.
    Tḕn aîga ho trágos agapâi.
    The billy goat loves the she-goat.
  2. a kind of waterfowl, possibly a goose
  3. In the plural: waves, surf
  4. (proper noun) the star Capella

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: αίγα (aíga), γίδι (gídi) (from diminutive)
  • Greek: αιξ f (aix) (Katharevousa)
  • Translingual: Aix

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἴξ, αἰγός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 40-1

Further reading

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