αἴγιλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἴξ (aíx, “goat”). Considered present in the toponym Ancient Greek Αἴγιλα f (Aígila), Αἰγιλία f (Aigilía) which is also attested as Mycenaean Greek 𐁀𐀑𐀨 (ha-ki-ra) in Na 856.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡi.los/ → /ˈɛ.ʝi.los/ → /ˈe.ʝi.los/

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

Noun

αἴγῐλος • (aígilos) f (genitive αἰγῐ́λου); second declension

1. Alternative form of αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “haver-grass”)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ αἴγῐλος; τῆς αἰγῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἴγῐλος hē aígilos	τὼ αἰγῐ́λω tṑ aigílō	αἱ αἴγῐλοι hai aígiloi
Genitive	τῆς αἰγῐ́λου tês aigílou	τοῖν αἰγῐ́λοιν toîn aigíloin	τῶν αἰγῐ́λων tôn aigílōn
Dative	τῇ αἰγῐ́λῳ têi aigílōi	τοῖν αἰγῐ́λοιν toîn aigíloin	ταῖς αἰγῐ́λοις taîs aigílois
Accusative	τὴν αἴγῐλον tḕn aígilon	τὼ αἰγῐ́λω tṑ aigílō	τᾱ̀ς αἰγῐ́λους tā̀s aigílous
Vocative	αἴγῐλε aígile	αἰγῐ́λω aigílō	αἴγῐλοι aígiloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “αἴγιλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἴγιλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αἴγιλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴγιλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)