αἴγιθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἴγινθος (aíginthos), αἰγίοθος (aigíothos)

Etymology

A typical Pre-Greek word, discernible from its prenasalization.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡi.tʰos/ → /ˈɛ.ʝi.θos/ → /ˈe.ʝi.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡi.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɡi.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʝi.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝi.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝi.θos/

Noun

αἴγῐθος • (aígithos) m (genitive αἰγῐ́θου); second declension

1. common linnet (Linaria cannabina)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ αἴγῐθος; τοῦ αἰγῐ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἴγῐθος ho aígithos	τὼ αἰγῐ́θω tṑ aigíthō	οἱ αἴγῐθοι hoi aígithoi
Genitive	τοῦ αἰγῐ́θου toû aigíthou	τοῖν αἰγῐ́θοιν toîn aigíthoin	τῶν αἰγῐ́θων tôn aigíthōn
Dative	τῷ αἰγῐ́θῳ tôi aigíthōi	τοῖν αἰγῐ́θοιν toîn aigíthoin	τοῖς αἰγῐ́θοις toîs aigíthois
Accusative	τὸν αἴγῐθον tòn aígithon	τὼ αἰγῐ́θω tṑ aigíthō	τοὺς αἰγῐ́θους toùs aigíthous
Vocative	αἴγῐθε aígithe	αἰγῐ́θω aigíthō	αἴγῐθοι aígithoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αἰγίθαλλος (aigíthallos)

Descendants

• → Latin: aegithus

Further reading

• “αἴγιθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἴγιθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴγιθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN