ἐννοσίγαιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔνοσις (énosis, “shaking, quake”) +‎ γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”); the double νν serves to make the first syllable heavy, as the oldest form was *ἐνϝοσίγαιος (*enwosígaios) with the first syllable closed.

Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀚𐀯𐀅𐀃𐀚 (e-ne-si-da-o-ne).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /en.wo.sí.ɡai̯.os/ → /e.noˈsi.ʝɛ.os/ → /e.noˈsi.ʝe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /en.wo.sí.ɡai̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.noˈsi.ɡɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.noˈsi.ʝɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.noˈsi.ʝe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.noˈsi.ʝe.os/

Adjective

ἐννοσίγαιος • (ennosígaios) m or f (neuter ἐννοσίγαιον); second declension

1. (Epic) earthshaking (epithet of Poseidon)

   Synonym: ἐνοσίχθων (enosíkhthōn)

Declension

Second declension of ἐννοσίγαιος; ἐννοσίγαιον (Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐννοσίγαιος ennosígaios	ἐννοσίγαιον ennosígaion		ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō	ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō		ἐννοσίγαιοι ennosígaioi	ἐννοσίγαιᾰ ennosígaia
Genitive		ἐννοσιγαίου / ἐννοσιγαιοῖο / ἐννοσιγαίοιο / ἐννοσιγαιόο / ἐννοσιγαίοο ennosigaíou / ennosigaioîo / ennosigaíoio / ennosigaióo / ennosigaíoo	ἐννοσιγαίου / ἐννοσιγαιοῖο / ἐννοσιγαίοιο / ἐννοσιγαιόο / ἐννοσιγαίοο ennosigaíou / ennosigaioîo / ennosigaíoio / ennosigaióo / ennosigaíoo		ἐννοσιγαίοιῐν ennosigaíoiin	ἐννοσιγαίοιῐν ennosigaíoiin		ἐννοσιγαίων ennosigaíōn	ἐννοσιγαίων ennosigaíōn
Dative		ἐννοσιγαίῳ ennosigaíōi	ἐννοσιγαίῳ ennosigaíōi		ἐννοσιγαίοιῐν ennosigaíoiin	ἐννοσιγαίοιῐν ennosigaíoiin		ἐννοσιγαίοισῐ / ἐννοσιγαίοισῐν / ἐννοσιγαίοις ennosigaíoisi(n) / ennosigaíois	ἐννοσιγαίοισῐ / ἐννοσιγαίοισῐν / ἐννοσιγαίοις ennosigaíoisi(n) / ennosigaíois
Accusative		ἐννοσίγαιον ennosígaion	ἐννοσίγαιον ennosígaion		ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō	ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō		ἐννοσιγαίους ennosigaíous	ἐννοσίγαιᾰ ennosígaia
Vocative		ἐννοσίγαιε ennosígaie	ἐννοσίγαιον ennosígaion		ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō	ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō		ἐννοσίγαιοι ennosígaioi	ἐννοσίγαιᾰ ennosígaia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐννοσιγαίως ennosigaíōs			ἐννοσιγαιότερος ennosigaióteros			ἐννοσιγαιότᾰτος ennosigaiótatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἐννοσίγαιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐννοσίγαιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐννοσίγαιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐννοσίγαιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.