αἴγιθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἴγινθος (aíginthos), αἰγίοθος (aigíothos)

Etymology

A typical Pre-Greek word, discernible from its prenasalization.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.ɡi.tʰos/ → /ˈɛ.ʝi.θos/ → /ˈe.ʝi.θos/

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

Noun

αἴγῐθος • (aígĭthos) m (genitive αἰγῐ́θου); second declension

1. common linnet (Linaria cannabina)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ αἴγῐθος; τοῦ αἰγῐ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ αἴγῐθος ho aígĭthos	τὼ αἰγῐ́θω tṑ aigĭ́thō	οἱ αἴγῐθοι hoi aígĭthoi
Genitive	τοῦ αἰγῐ́θου toû aigĭ́thou	τοῖν αἰγῐ́θοιν toîn aigĭ́thoin	τῶν αἰγῐ́θων tôn aigĭ́thōn
Dative	τῷ αἰγῐ́θῳ tôi aigĭ́thōi	τοῖν αἰγῐ́θοιν toîn aigĭ́thoin	τοῖς αἰγῐ́θοις toîs aigĭ́thois
Accusative	τὸν αἴγῐθον tòn aígĭthon	τὼ αἰγῐ́θω tṑ aigĭ́thō	τοὺς αἰγῐ́θους toùs aigĭ́thous
Vocative	αἴγῐθε aígĭthe	αἰγῐ́θω aigĭ́thō	αἴγῐθοι aígĭthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αἰγίθαλλος (aigíthallos)

Descendants

• → Latin: aegithus

Further reading

• “αἴγιθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἴγιθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴγιθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN