ἠριγένεια

See also: Ἠριγένεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”, Epic adverb) + the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born, come into being”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-ia, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.neː.a/ → /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/ → /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.neː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.riˈɡe.ni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/

• Hyphenation: ἠ‧ρι‧γέ‧νει‧α

Noun

ἠρῐγένειᾰ • (ērigéneia) f (genitive ἠρῐγενείᾱς); first declension

1. early-born (Homeric epithet of Eos, the Dawn)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.477, (The same line is repeated numerous times in both the Iliad and the Odyssey to announce a new day in the story.):

     ἦμος δ’ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς

     êmos d’ ērigéneia phánē rhododáktulos Ēṓs

     When rosy-fingered Dawn appeared early-born

   1. (as a substantive, see Ἠρῐγένειᾰ (Ērigéneia)) a child of the morning
2. the morning, morn

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   (Can we find and add a quotation of Leonidas Alexandrinus to this entry?)

3. (in later Epic) a day

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4. (echoing ἔᾰρ (éar), “spring”, etymon of ἦρι (êri), pseudo-adjective) one bearing in spring (a varia lectio of ἠυγένειᾰ (ēugéneia))

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Aeschylus to this entry?)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἠρῐγένειᾰ; τῆς ἠρῐγενείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠρῐγένειᾰ hē ērigéneia	τὼ ἠρῐγενείᾱ tṑ ērigeneíā	αἱ ἠρῐγένειαι hai ērigéneiai
Genitive	τῆς ἠρῐγενείᾱς tês ērigeneíās	τοῖν ἠρῐγενείαιν toîn ērigeneíain	τῶν ἠρῐγενειῶν tôn ērigeneiôn
Dative	τῇ ἠρῐγενείᾳ têi ērigeneíāi	τοῖν ἠρῐγενείαιν toîn ērigeneíain	ταῖς ἠρῐγενείαις taîs ērigeneíais
Accusative	τὴν ἠρῐγένειᾰν tḕn ērigéneian	τὼ ἠρῐγενείᾱ tṑ ērigeneíā	τᾱ̀ς ἠρῐγενείᾱς tā̀s ērigeneíās
Vocative	ἠρῐγένειᾰ ērigéneia	ἠρῐγενείᾱ ērigeneíā	ἠρῐγένειαι ērigéneiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἠρῐγένειᾰ (Ērigéneia)

References

• “ἠριγένεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἠριγένεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἠριγένεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἠριγένεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἠριγένεια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἠρι-γένεια» in Georg Autenrieth’s Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges (1891)