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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγειρα (Aígeira).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aegīra f sg (genitive Aegīrae); first declension
- a town of Achaia and member of the Achean league
- another name of the island of Lesbos
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Aegira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Aegira”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Aegira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.