αἰγόλεθρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἰγόλεθρον (aigólethron)

Etymology

From αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) +‎ ὄλεθρος (ólethros, “plague, bane”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡó.le.tʰros/ → /ɛˈɣo.le.θros/ → /eˈɣo.le.θros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ɡó.le.tʰros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈɡo.le.tʰros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈɣo.le.θros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈɣo.le.θros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈɣo.le.θros/

Noun

αἰγόλεθρος • (aigólethros) m (genitive αἰγολέθρου); second declension

1. pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ αἰγόλεθρος; τοῦ αἰγολέθρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἰγόλεθρος ho aigólethros	τὼ αἰγολέθρω tṑ aigoléthrō	οἱ αἰγόλεθροι hoi aigólethroi
Genitive	τοῦ αἰγολέθρου toû aigoléthrou	τοῖν αἰγολέθροιν toîn aigoléthroin	τῶν αἰγολέθρων tôn aigoléthrōn
Dative	τῷ αἰγολέθρῳ tôi aigoléthrōi	τοῖν αἰγολέθροιν toîn aigoléthroin	τοῖς αἰγολέθροις toîs aigoléthrois
Accusative	τὸν αἰγόλεθρον tòn aigólethron	τὼ αἰγολέθρω tṑ aigoléthrō	τοὺς αἰγολέθρους toùs aigoléthrous
Vocative	αἰγόλεθρε aigólethre	αἰγολέθρω aigoléthrō	αἰγόλεθροι aigólethroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: aegolethron

Further reading

• “αἰγόλεθρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἰγόλεθρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰγόλεθρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)