Αἰγύπτιος

See also: Αιγύπτιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos, “Egypt”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix). Cognate to Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡýp.ti.os/ → /ɛˈʝyp.ti.os/ → /eˈʝip.ti.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡýp.ti.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈɡyp.ti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈʝyp.ti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈʝyp.ti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈʝip.ti.os/

Adjective

Αἰγύπτῐος • (Aigúptios) m (feminine Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ, neuter Αἰγύπτῐον); first/second declension

1. Egyptian
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.83
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.127
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.229
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.432
   • 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 817

Inflection

First and second declension of Αἰγύπτῐος; Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ; Αἰγύπτῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Αἰγύπτῐος Aigúptios	Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā	Αἰγύπτῐον Aigúption		Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō	Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā	Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō		Αἰγύπτῐοι Aigúptioi	Αἰγύπτῐαι Aigúptiai	Αἰγύπτῐᾰ Aigúptia
Genitive		Αἰγυπτῐ́ου Aiguptíou	Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱς Aiguptíās	Αἰγυπτῐ́ου Aiguptíou		Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν Aiguptíoin	Αἰγυπτῐ́αιν Aiguptíain	Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν Aiguptíoin		Αἰγυπτῐ́ων Aiguptíōn	Αἰγυπτῐ́ων Aiguptíōn	Αἰγυπτῐ́ων Aiguptíōn
Dative		Αἰγυπτῐ́ῳ Aiguptíōi	Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾳ Aiguptíāi	Αἰγυπτῐ́ῳ Aiguptíōi		Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν Aiguptíoin	Αἰγυπτῐ́αιν Aiguptíain	Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν Aiguptíoin		Αἰγυπτῐ́οις Aiguptíois	Αἰγυπτῐ́αις Aiguptíais	Αἰγυπτῐ́οις Aiguptíois
Accusative		Αἰγύπτῐον Aigúption	Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱν Aiguptíān	Αἰγύπτῐον Aigúption		Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō	Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā	Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō		Αἰγυπτῐ́ους Aiguptíous	Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱς Aiguptíās	Αἰγύπτῐᾰ Aigúptia
Vocative		Αἰγύπτῐε Aigúptie	Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā	Αἰγύπτῐον Aigúption		Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō	Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā	Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō		Αἰγύπτῐοι Aigúptioi	Αἰγύπτῐαι Aigúptiai	Αἰγύπτῐᾰ Aigúptia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Αἰγυπτῐ́ως Aiguptíōs				Αἰγυπτῐώτερος Aiguptiṓteros				Αἰγυπτῐώτᾰτος Aiguptiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

Αἰγύπτιος • (Aigúptios) m (genitive Αἰγυπτῐ́ου); second declension

1. One who is Egyptian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Αἰγύπτῐος; τοῦ Αἰγυπτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Αἰγύπτῐος ho Aigúptios	τὼ Αἰγυπτῐ́ω tṑ Aiguptíō	οἱ Αἰγύπτῐοι hoi Aigúptioi
Genitive	τοῦ Αἰγυπτῐ́ου toû Aiguptíou	τοῖν Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν toîn Aiguptíoin	τῶν Αἰγυπτῐ́ων tôn Aiguptíōn
Dative	τῷ Αἰγυπτῐ́ῳ tôi Aiguptíōi	τοῖν Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν toîn Aiguptíoin	τοῖς Αἰγυπτῐ́οις toîs Aiguptíois
Accusative	τὸν Αἰγύπτῐον tòn Aigúption	τὼ Αἰγυπτῐ́ω tṑ Aiguptíō	τοὺς Αἰγυπτῐ́ους toùs Aiguptíous
Vocative	Αἰγύπτῐε Aigúptie	Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō	Αἰγύπτῐοι Aigúptioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Αἰγυπτῐᾰκός (Aiguptiakós)

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios)
  • → Arabic: قِبْط (qibṭ), قُبْط (qubṭ)
    • → French: Copte
      • → English: Copt
      • → Spanish: copto
  • → Egyptian Arabic: كوفتس (kuftis)
• → Italian: ghezzo
• → Latin: aegyptius (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “Αἰγύπτιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Αἰγύπτιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Αἰγύπτιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Αἰγύπτιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Αἰγύπτιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G124 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Αἰγύπτιος 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
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • egypt idem, page 263.