Ἤγεστα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.ɡes.ta/ → /ˈi.ʝes.ta/ → /ˈi.ʝes.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.ɡes.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.ɡes.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʝes.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʝes.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʝes.ta/

Proper noun

Ἤγεστᾰ • (Ḗgesta) f (genitive Ἠγέστης); first declension

1. Egesta; Segesta, Sicily, Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἤγεστᾰ; τῆς Ἠγέστης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἤγεστᾰ hē Ḗgesta
Genitive	τῆς Ἠγέστης tês Ēgéstēs
Dative	τῇ Ἠγέστῃ têi Ēgéstēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἤγεστᾰν tḕn Ḗgestan
Vocative	Ἤγεστᾰ Ḗgesta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἡγεσταῖος (Hēgestaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Ήγεστα (Ígesta)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009