Αἴγισθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡis.tʰos/ → /ˈɛ.ʝis.θos/ → /ˈe.ʝis.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡis.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɡis.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ʝis.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝis.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ʝis.θos/

Proper noun

Αἴγισθος • (Aígisthos) m (genitive Αἰγίσθου); second declension

1. Aegisthus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Αἴγισθος; τοῦ Αἰγίσθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Αἴγισθος ho Aígisthos
Genitive	τοῦ Αἰγίσθου toû Aigísthou
Dative	τῷ Αἰγίσθῳ tôi Aigísthōi
Accusative	τὸν Αἴγισθον tòn Aígisthon
Vocative	Αἴγισθε Aígisthe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of Αἴγισθος; Αἰγίσθου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Αἴγισθος Aígisthos
Genitive	Αἰγίσθου / Αἰγισθοῖο / Αἰγίσθοιο / Αἰγισθόο / Αἰγίσθοο Aigísthou / Aigisthoîo / Aigísthoio / Aigisthóo / Aigísthoo
Dative	Αἰγίσθῳ Aigísthōi
Accusative	Αἴγισθον Aígisthon
Vocative	Αἴγισθε Aígisthe
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Αίγισθος (Aígisthos)
• → Latin: Aegisthus

Further reading

• “Αἴγισθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Αἴγισθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Αἴγισθος”, 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