Αἰγαῖον
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Αἰγαῖος (Aigaîos)
Etymology
Ellipsis of Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος (Aigaîon pélagos), from Αἰγαῖος (Aigaîos, “Aegean”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡâi̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈɡɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈʝɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈʝe.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈʝe.on/
Proper noun
Αἰγαῖον • (Aigaîon) n (genitive Αἰγαίου); second declension
- Aegean Sea (a sea in the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ Αἰγαῖον tò Aigaîon | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Αἰγαίου toû Aigaíou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Αἰγαίῳ tôi Aigaíōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ Αἰγαῖον tò Aigaîon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Αἰγαῖον Aigaîon | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Αἰγαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999