ἀετός
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ἀετός. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ἀετός, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ἀετός in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ἀετός you have here. The definition of the word ἀετός will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofἀετός, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *ayyetós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewyetós, from *h₂éwis (“bird”). Cognate with Sanskrit वि (ví), Latin avis, Old Armenian հաւ (haw).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /aː.e.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.eˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.eˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.eˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.eˈtos/
Noun
ᾱ̓ετός • (āetós) m (genitive ᾱ̓ετοῦ); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ᾱ̓ετός ho āetós |
τὼ ᾱ̓ετώ tṑ āetṓ |
οἱ ᾱ̓ετοί hoi āetoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾱ̓ετοῦ toû āetoû |
τοῖν ᾱ̓ετοῖν toîn āetoîn |
τῶν ᾱ̓ετῶν tôn āetôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾱ̓ετῷ tôi āetôi |
τοῖν ᾱ̓ετοῖν toîn āetoîn |
τοῖς ᾱ̓ετοῖς toîs āetoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ᾱ̓ετόν tòn āetón |
τὼ ᾱ̓ετώ tṑ āetṓ |
τοὺς ᾱ̓ετούς toùs āetoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾱ̓ετέ āeté |
ᾱ̓ετώ āetṓ |
ᾱ̓ετοί āetoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Greek: αϊτός m (aïtós) / αετός m (aetós, “eagle”), χαρταετός (chartaetós, “kite (toy)”)
- Translingual: Circaetus, Ictinaetus, Gypaetus, Haliaeetus (via ἁλιαίετος (haliaíetos, “osprey”)), Hieraaetus,
- → Samoan: aeto
- → Tokelauan: āeto
References
- “ἀετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G105 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- ἀετός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press