Ἀγαύη

See also: ἀγαυή and Ἀγαυή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ)

Etymology

From the feminine of ἀγαυός (agauós, “illustrious, noble”), with a stress shift.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡǎu̯.ɛː/ → /aˈɣa.βi/ → /aˈɣa.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡǎu̯.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa.we̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣa.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣa.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣa.vi/

Proper noun

Ἀγαύη • (Agaúē) f (genitive Ἀγαύης); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) a female given name, Agave, borne by several figures in Greek mythology

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀγαύη; τῆς Ἀγαύης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀγαύη hē Agaúē
Genitive	τῆς Ἀγαύης tês Agaúēs
Dative	τῇ Ἀγαύῃ têi Agaúēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀγαύην tḕn Agaúēn
Vocative	Ἀγαύη Agaúē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Greek: Αγαύη (Agávi) (learned)
• → Latin: Agavē
  • → Translingual: Agave
    • → Danish: agave
    • → English: agave
    • → Esperanto: agavo
    • → French: agave
    • → German: Agave
    • → Ido: agavo
    • → Italian: agave
    • → Portuguese: agave
    • → Spanish: agave

Further reading

• “Ἀγαύη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀγαύη 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 1,000