ζεγέριες

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζεγερίαι (zegeríai)

Etymology

According to Herodotus, a Libyan word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zde.ɡé.ri.es/ → /zeˈʝe.ri.es/ → /zeˈʝe.ri.es/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zde.ɡé.ri.es/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zeˈɡe.ri.es/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zeˈʝe.ri.es/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zeˈʝe.ri.es/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zeˈʝe.ri.es/

Noun

ζεγέρῐες • (zegéries) m pl (genitive ζεγερῐ́ων); second declension

1. kind of mice living in Libya

Declension

Third declension of οἱ ζεγέρῐες; τῶν ζεγερῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ ζεγέρῐες hoi zegéries
Genitive	τῶν ζεγερῐ́ων tôn zegeríōn
Dative	τοῖς ζεγέρῐσῐ / ζεγέρῐσῐν toîs zegérisi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς ζεγέρῑς / ζεγέρῐᾰς toùs zegérīs / zegérias
Vocative	ζεγέρῐες zegéries
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζεγέριες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press