Αὔγη

See also: αυγή and αὐγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the noun αὐγή (augḗ, “sunbeam”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎu̯.ɡɛː/ → /ˈaβ.ʝi/ → /ˈav.ʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎu̯.ɡɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaβ.ʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈav.ʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈav.ʝi/

Proper noun

Αὔγη • (Aúgē) f (genitive Αὔγης); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Auge
   1. (Greek mythology) Auge, the daughter of king Aleus and the virgin priestess of Athena Alea
      • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 696.4–5:

        Αὔγη γὰρ Ἀλέου παῖς με τῷ Τιρυνθίῳ / τίκτει λαθραίως Ἡρακλεῖ·

        Aúgē gàr Aléou paîs me tôi Tirunthíōi / tíktei lathraíōs Hērakleî;

        Auge, you see, the daughter of Aleus, bore me to Tirynsian / Hercules in secret.

   2. (Greek mythology) Auge, one of the Horae.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αὔγη; τῆς Αὔγης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αὔγη hē Aúgē
Genitive	τῆς Αὔγης tês Aúgēs
Dative	τῇ Αὔγῃ têi Aúgēi
Accusative	τὴν Αὔγην tḕn Aúgēn
Vocative	Αὔγη Aúgē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αύγη (Ávgi), Αυγή (Avgí)
• → Latin: Augē

References

• Αὔγη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
• “Αὔγη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011