Αἴγινα

See also: Αίγινα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡiː.na/ → /ˈɛ.ʝi.na/ → /ˈe.ʝi.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡiː.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɡi.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʝi.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝi.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝi.na/

Proper noun

Αἴγῑνᾰ • (Aígīna) f (genitive Αἰγῑ́νης); first declension

1. Aegina (an island in Greece)
2. (Greek mythology) Aegina (nymph of the island that bears her name)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αἴγῑνᾰ; τῆς Αἰγῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αἴγῑνᾰ hē Aígīna
Genitive	τῆς Αἰγῑ́νης tês Aigī́nēs
Dative	τῇ Αἰγῑ́νῃ têi Aigī́nēi
Accusative	τὴν Αἴγῑνᾰν tḕn Aígīnan
Vocative	Αἴγῑνᾰ Aígīna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Αἰγῑνήτης (Aigīnḗtēs)
• Αἰγῑνῆτῐς (Aigīnêtis)
• Αἰγῑναῖος (Aigīnaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Αίγινα (Aígina)
• Latin: Aegīna

References

• “Αἴγινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Αἴγινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Αἴγινα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Αἴγινα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Αἴγινα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000