Ἠριγένεια

See also: ἠριγένεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Use as a proper noun of the (substantivised) adjective and common noun ἠρῐγένειᾰ (ērigéneia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.neː.a/ → /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/ → /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.neː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.riˈɡe.ni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/

• Hyphenation: Ἠ‧ρι‧γέ‧νει‧α

Proper noun

Ἠρῐγένειᾰ • (Ērigéneia) f (genitive Ἠρῐγενείᾱς); first declension

1. early-born, child of morn (an epithet of Eos)

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2. (fully substantivised) Eos (Greek goddess of the dawn)

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3. (later) an epithet of the Moon
   • c. 100 BCE – 400 CE, Greek Magical Papyri 4.2789–2790:

     νυκτὸς ἄγαλμα, νέα, φαεσίμβροτε, / ἠριγένεια

     nuktòs ágalma, néa, phaesímbrote, / ērigéneia

     oh Glory of the Night, New one, Who shines on mortals, / Early-born one

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ἠρῐγένειᾰ; τῆς Ἠρῐγενείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἠρῐγένειᾰ hē Ērigéneia
Genitive	τῆς Ἠρῐγενείᾱς tês Ērigeneíās
Dative	τῇ Ἠρῐγενείᾳ têi Ērigeneíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἠρῐγένειᾰν tḕn Ērigéneian
Vocative	Ἠρῐγένειᾰ Ērigéneia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• «ἠρι-γένεια» in Georg Autenrieth’s Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges (1891)
• “ἠρῐγένεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press