αἰγυπιός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἰγίποψ (aigípops)

Etymology

The comparison with Sanskrit ऋजिप्य (ṛjipya, “epithet of falcon”) is formally difficult; influence by αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) and γύψ (gúps, “vulture”) has been assumed, but this seems unlikely. The presence of the alternative form and the suffix -οπ- lead to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡy.pi.ós/ → /ɛ.ʝy.piˈos/ → /e.ʝi.piˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡy.pi.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡy.piˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ʝy.piˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ʝy.piˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ʝi.piˈos/

Noun

αἰγῠπῐός • (aigupiós) m (genitive αἰγῠπῐοῦ); second declension

1. vulture

   Synonyms: γύψ (gúps), τόργος (tórgos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ αἰγῠπῐός; τοῦ αἰγῠπῐοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἰγῠπῐός ho aigupiós	τὼ αἰγῠπῐώ tṑ aigupiṓ	οἱ αἰγῠπῐοί hoi aigupioí
Genitive	τοῦ αἰγῠπῐοῦ toû aigupioû	τοῖν αἰγῠπῐοῖν toîn aigupioîn	τῶν αἰγῠπῐῶν tôn aigupiôn
Dative	τῷ αἰγῠπῐῷ tôi aigupiôi	τοῖν αἰγῠπῐοῖν toîn aigupioîn	τοῖς αἰγῠπῐοῖς toîs aigupioîs
Accusative	τὸν αἰγῠπῐόν tòn aigupión	τὼ αἰγῠπῐώ tṑ aigupiṓ	τοὺς αἰγῠπῐούς toùs aigupioús
Vocative	αἰγῠπῐέ aigupié	αἰγῠπῐώ aigupiṓ	αἰγῠπῐοί aigupioí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Italian: gheppio
• → Translingual: Aegypius

Further reading

• “αἰγυπιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἰγυπιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰγυπιός 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