Αἰγινήτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Αἴγινα (Aígina, “Aegina”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine demonymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡiː.nɛ̌ː.tɛːs/ → /ɛ.ʝiˈni.tis/ → /e.ʝiˈni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡiː.nɛ̌ː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ɡiˈne̝.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ʝiˈni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ʝiˈni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ʝiˈni.tis/

Noun

Αἰγῑνήτης • (Aigīnḗtēs) m (genitive Αἰγῑνήτου); first declension

1. an Aeginetan, inhabitant of Aegina
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.93.1

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Αἰγῑνήτης; τοῦ Αἰγῑνήτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Αἰγῑνήτης ho Aigīnḗtēs	τὼ Αἰγῑνήτᾱ tṑ Aigīnḗtā	οἱ Αἰγῑνῆται hoi Aigīnêtai
Genitive	τοῦ Αἰγῑνήτου toû Aigīnḗtou	τοῖν Αἰγῑνήταιν toîn Aigīnḗtain	τῶν Αἰγῑνητῶν tôn Aigīnētôn
Dative	τῷ Αἰγῑνήτῃ tôi Aigīnḗtēi	τοῖν Αἰγῑνήταιν toîn Aigīnḗtain	τοῖς Αἰγῑνήταις toîs Aigīnḗtais
Accusative	τὸν Αἰγῑνήτην tòn Aigīnḗtēn	τὼ Αἰγῑνήτᾱ tṑ Aigīnḗtā	τοὺς Αἰγῑνήτᾱς toùs Aigīnḗtās
Vocative	Αἰγῑνῆτᾰ Aigīnêtă	Αἰγῑνήτᾱ Aigīnḗtā	Αἰγῑνῆται Aigīnêtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αιγινήτης (Aiginítis)
• → Latin: Aegīnētēs, Aegīnēta
  • → English: Aeginetan
  • → Italian: Egineta

Further reading

• “Αἰγινήτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Αἰγινήτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000