ἄγυια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾰ̓γυιᾱ́ (ăguiā́) (less frequent)

Etymology

Mainly a poetic word. Generally considered to be a perfect participle of verb ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “I lead”), but without the reduplication. However, this makes little sense as the formation is without a parallel (save archaic ἰδυῖα (iduîa)); more probably a Pre-Greek word in -υια, like κώδυια (kṓduia).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡyː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡy.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʝy.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʝy.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʝi.a/

Noun

ἄγυιᾰ • (águiă) f (genitive ἀγυίᾱς); first declension

(usually in the plural) street, highway
collection of streets, city

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἄγυιᾰ; τῆς ἀγυίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄγυιᾰ hē águiă	τὼ ἀγυίᾱ tṑ aguíā	αἱ ἄγυιαι hai águiai
Genitive	τῆς ἀγυίᾱς tês aguíās	τοῖν ἀγυίαιν toîn aguíain	τῶν ἀγυιῶν tôn aguiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀγυίᾳ têi aguíāi	τοῖν ἀγυίαιν toîn aguíain	ταῖς ἀγυίαις taîs aguíais
Accusative	τὴν ἄγυιᾰν tḕn águiăn	τὼ ἀγυίᾱ tṑ aguíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀγυίᾱς tā̀s aguíās
Vocative	ἄγυιᾰ águiă	ἀγυίᾱ aguíā	ἄγυιαι águiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἄγυιᾰ; ἀγυίης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἄγυιᾰ águiă	ἀγυίᾱ aguíā	ἄγυιαι águiai
Genitive	ἀγυίης aguíēs	ἀγυίαιν / ἀγυίαιῐν / ἀγυίῃῐν aguíai(ĭ)n / aguíēiĭn	ἀγυιᾱ́ων / ἀγυιέ͜ων / ἀγυιῶν aguiā́ōn / aguié͜ōn / aguiôn
Dative	ἀγυίῃ aguíēi	ἀγυίαιν / ἀγυίαιῐν / ἀγυίῃῐν aguíai(ĭ)n / aguíēiĭn	ἀγυίῃσῐ / ἀγυίῃσῐν / ἀγυίῃς / ἀγυίαις aguíēisĭ(n) / aguíēis / aguíais
Accusative	ἄγυιᾰν águiăn	ἀγυίᾱ aguíā	ἀγυίᾱς aguíās
Vocative	ἄγυιᾰ águiă	ἀγυίᾱ aguíā	ἄγυιαι águiai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

ἀγυιαῖος (aguiaîos)
ἀγυιᾱ́της (aguiā́tēs)
ἀγυιᾶτις (aguiâtis)
Ἀγυιεύς (Aguieús)
ἀγυιόπεζα (aguiópeza)
ἀγυιοπλαστέω (aguioplastéō)

Descendants

Greek: αγυιά (agyiá) (Katharevousa)

“ἄγυια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἄγυια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἄγυια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἄγυια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄγυια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἄγυια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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