αἰγιαλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Most likely from ἀΐσσω (aḯssō, “to move violently”) and ἅλς (háls, “sea”). Connections can also be made with αἶγες (aîges, “waves”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡi.a.lós/ → /ɛ.ʝi.aˈlos/ → /e.ʝi.aˈlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡi.a.lós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡi.aˈlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ʝi.aˈlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ʝi.aˈlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ʝi.aˈlos/

Noun

αἰγιαλός • (aigialós) m (genitive αἰγιαλοῦ); second declension

1. beach, shore

   Synonym: ἠϊών (ēïṓn)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ αἰγιαλός; τοῦ αἰγιαλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἰγιαλός ho aigialós	τὼ αἰγιαλώ tṑ aigialṓ	οἱ αἰγιαλοί hoi aigialoí
Genitive	τοῦ αἰγιαλοῦ toû aigialoû	τοῖν αἰγιαλοῖν toîn aigialoîn	τῶν αἰγιαλῶν tôn aigialôn
Dative	τῷ αἰγιαλῷ tôi aigialôi	τοῖν αἰγιαλοῖν toîn aigialoîn	τοῖς αἰγιαλοῖς toîs aigialoîs
Accusative	τὸν αἰγιαλόν tòn aigialón	τὼ αἰγιαλώ tṑ aigialṓ	τοὺς αἰγιαλούς toùs aigialoús
Vocative	αἰγιαλέ aigialé	αἰγιαλώ aigialṓ	αἰγιαλοί aigialoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *aigjala
  • Albanian: zall
• Greek: αιγιαλός (aigialós), γιαλός (gialós)

Further reading

• “αἰγιαλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἰγιαλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “αἰγιαλός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αἰγιαλός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G123 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible