αἴγειρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἴγερος (aígeros)

Etymology

The connection with αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “a kind of oak”) is uncertain. According to Beekes, the noun is of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡeː.ros/ → /ˈɛ.ʝi.ros/ → /ˈe.ʝi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡeː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɡi.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʝi.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝi.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝi.ros/

Noun

αἴγειρος • (aígeiros) f (genitive αἰγείρου); second declension

1. black poplar (Populus nigra)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ αἴγειρος; τῆς αἰγείρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἴγειρος hē aígeiros	τὼ αἰγείρω tṑ aigeírō	αἱ αἴγειροι hai aígeiroi
Genitive	τῆς αἰγείρου tês aigeírou	τοῖν αἰγείροιν toîn aigeíroin	τῶν αἰγείρων tôn aigeírōn
Dative	τῇ αἰγείρῳ têi aigeírōi	τοῖν αἰγείροιν toîn aigeíroin	ταῖς αἰγείροις taîs aigeírois
Accusative	τὴν αἴγειρον tḕn aígeiron	τὼ αἰγείρω tṑ aigeírō	τᾱ̀ς αἰγείρους tā̀s aigeírous
Vocative	αἴγειρε aígeire	αἰγείρω aigeírō	αἴγειροι aígeiroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αἰγείρινος (aigeírinos)
• αἰγειρίτης (aigeirítēs)
• αἰγειρών (aigeirṓn)
• χᾰμαίγειρον (khamaígeiron)

 

Further reading

• “αἴγειρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἴγειρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴγειρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN