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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Use as a proper noun of the (substantivised) adjective and common noun ἠρῐγένειᾰ (ērigéneia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.neː.a/ → /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/ → /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
- Hyphenation: Ἠ‧ρι‧γέ‧νει‧α
Proper noun
Ἠρῐγένειᾰ • (Ērigéneia) f (genitive Ἠρῐγενείᾱς); first declension
- early-born, child of morn (an epithet of Eos)
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- (fully substantivised) Eos (Greek goddess of the dawn)
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- (later) an epithet of the Moon
c. 100 BCE – 400 CE,
Greek Magical Papyri 4.2789–2790:
- νυκτὸς ἄγαλμα, νέα, φαεσίμβροτε, / ἠριγένεια
- nuktòs ágalma, néa, phaesímbrote, / ērigéneia
- oh Glory of the Night, New one, Who shines on mortals, / Early-born one
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