ἰυγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰῡ́ζω (iū́zō, “to cry aloud, howl”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.yː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /i.yˈʝi/ → /i.iˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.yː.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.yˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.yˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.yˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.iˈʝi/

Noun

ἰῡγή • (iūgḗ) f (genitive ἰῡγῆς); first declension

1. howling, shrieking, as of men in pain
2. shout of a herald
3. hissing of snakes

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἰῡγή; τῆς ἰῡγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰῡγή hē iūgḗ	τὼ ἰῡγᾱ́ tṑ iūgā́	αἱ ἰῡγαί hai iūgaí
Genitive	τῆς ἰῡγῆς tês iūgês	τοῖν ἰῡγαῖν toîn iūgaîn	τῶν ἰῡγῶν tôn iūgôn
Dative	τῇ ἰῡγῇ têi iūgêi	τοῖν ἰῡγαῖν toîn iūgaîn	ταῖς ἰῡγαῖς taîs iūgaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἰῡγήν tḕn iūgḗn	τὼ ἰῡγᾱ́ tṑ iūgā́	τᾱ̀ς ἰῡγᾱ́ς tā̀s iūgā́s
Vocative	ἰῡγή iūgḗ	ἰῡγᾱ́ iūgā́	ἰῡγαί iūgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἰυγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰυγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἰυγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette