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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰγαί (Aigaí).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aegae f pl (genitive Aegārum); first declension
- One of the twelve towns of Achaia
- A town of Macedonia and the burial place of the local kings
- A town in Euboea, situated north of Chalcis
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Aegae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aegae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Aegae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly