αἴξ
See also: αιξ
Ancient Greek
editαἱ αἶγες μηκῶνται – “The goats bleat.”
ὁ τράγος – “the he-goat”
ὁ ἔριφος – “the kid, young goat”
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *aíks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”). Cognates include Old Armenian այծ (ayc), Sanskrit एड (eḍa), and Albanian dhi.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (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
editαἴξ • (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
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 aigí |
τοῖν αἰγοῖν toîn aigoîn |
τοῖς, ταῖς αἰξῐ́ / αἰξῐ́ν toîs, taîs així(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν αἶγᾰ tòn, tḕn aîga |
τὼ αἶγε tṑ aîge |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς αἶγᾰς toùs, tā̀s aîgas | ||||||||||
Vocative | αἴξ aíx |
αἶγε aîge |
αἶγες aîges | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- αἴγινος (aíginos)
- Αἰγίπαν (Aigípan)
- αἰγίς (aigís)
- αἰγοθήλας (aigothḗlas)
- αἰγόλεθρος (aigólethros)
- αἰγοπρόσωπος (aigoprósōpos)
Descendants
edit- Greek: αίγα (aíga), γίδι (gídi) (from diminutive)
- → Greek: αιξ f (aix) (Katharevousa)
- → Translingual: Aix
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- “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 (2006–2024)
- “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
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