αἴξ
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word αἴξ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word αἴξ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say αἴξ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word αἴξ you have here. The definition of the word αἴξ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofαἴξ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek words related to “goats” (αἶγες):
αἱ αἶγες μηκῶνται – “The goats bleat.”
ὁ τράγος – “the he-goat”
ὁ ἔριφος – “the kid, young goat”
See also: αιξ
Ancient Greek
αἱ αἶγες μηκῶνται – “The goats bleat.”
ὁ τράγος – “the he-goat”
ὁ ἔριφος – “the kid, young goat”
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *aíks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”). Cognates include Old Armenian այծ (ayc), Sanskrit एड (eḍa), and Albanian dhi.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǎi̯ks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eks/
Noun
αἴξ • (aíx) m or f (genitive αἰγός); third declension
- goat (especially a she-goat)
- Τὴν αἶγα ὁ τράγος ἀγαπᾷ.
- Tḕn aîga ho trágos agapâi.
- The billy goat loves the she-goat.
- a kind of waterfowl, possibly a goose
- In the plural: waves, surf
- (proper noun) the star Capella
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ αἴξ ho, hē aíx |
τὼ αἶγε tṑ aîge |
οἱ, αἱ αἶγες hoi, hai aîges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς αἰγός toû, tês aigós |
τοῖν αἰγοῖν toîn aigoîn |
τῶν αἰγῶν tôn aigôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ αἰγῐ́ tôi, têi aigĭ́ |
τοῖν αἰγοῖν toîn aigoîn |
τοῖς, ταῖς αἰξῐ́ / αἰξῐ́ν toîs, taîs aixĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν αἶγᾰ tòn, tḕn aîgă |
τὼ αἶγε tṑ aîge |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς αἶγᾰς toùs, tā̀s aîgăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἴξ aíx |
αἶγε aîge |
αἶγες aîges | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- αἴγινος (aíginos)
- Αἰγίπαν (Aigípan)
- αἰγίς (aigís)
- αἰγοθήλας (aigothḗlas)
- αἰγόλεθρος (aigólethros)
- αἰγοπρόσωπος (aigoprósōpos)
Descendants
- Greek: αίγα (aíga), γίδι (gídi) (from diminutive)
- → Greek: αιξ f (aix) (Katharevousa)
- → Translingual: Aix
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἴξ, αἰγός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 40-1
Further reading
- “αἴξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἴξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “αἴξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἴξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἴξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- αἴξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “αἴξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- αἴξ 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