Aegina

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Attic red-figure pyxis showing Zeus chasing Aegina

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴγινα (Aígina).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aegina

  1. (Greek mythology) A nymph of the island that bears her name.
  2. (astronomy) 91 Aegina, a main belt asteroid.
  3. An island in Greece.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγινα (Aígina).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aegīna f sg (genitive Aegīnae); first declension

  1. Aegina

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aegīna
Genitive Aegīnae
Dative Aegīnae
Accusative Aegīnam
Ablative Aegīnā
Vocative Aegīna

References

  • “Aegina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aegina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Aegina”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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