αυγή

See also: αὐγή and Αὔγη

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek αὐγή (augḗ, “sunlight, dawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, to enlarge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvʝi/
• Hyphenation: αυ‧γή

Noun

αυγή • (avgí) f (plural αυγές)

1. dawn
2. sunrise, daybreak
3. (figuratively) beginning, start

Declension

Declension of αυγή

	singular	plural
nominative	αυγή •	αυγές •
genitive	αυγής •	αυγών •
accusative	αυγή •	αυγές •
vocative	αυγή •	αυγές •

Synonyms

• ανατολή f (anatolí, “sunrise”)
• ξημέρωμα n (ximéroma, “sunrise, beginning”)
• χάραμα n (chárama, “dawn”)
• χαραυγή f (charavgí, “dawn, sunrise”)

 

Coordinate terms

• δειλινό n (deilinó, “dusk”)
• μισοσκόταδο n (misoskótado, “half-light”)
• ξημέρωμα n (ximéroma, “sunrise, beginning”)
• σούρουπο n (soúroupo, “dusk”)

 

Further reading

• αυγή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el