Aegina

English

Attic red-figure pyxis showing Zeus chasing Aegina

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴγινα (Aígina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈd͡ʒaɪnə/

Proper noun

Aegina

1. (Greek mythology) A nymph of the island that bears her name.
2. (astronomy) 91 Aegina, a main belt asteroid.
3. An island in Greece.

Derived terms

• Aeginetan

Translations

island

• French: Égine (fr) f
• Greek: Αίγινα (el) f (Aígina)

  Ancient: Αἴγῑνα f (Aígīna)

• Latin: Aegīna f
• Polish: Egina (pl) f
• Portuguese: Egina f
• Russian: Эги́на (Egína)

Anagrams

• againe

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγινα (Aígina).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈɡiː.na/, [äe̯ˈɡiːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈd͡ʒi.na/, [eˈd͡ʒiːnä]

Proper noun

Aegīna f sg (genitive Aegīnae); first declension

1. Aegina

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Aegīna
genitive	Aegīnae
dative	Aegīnae
accusative	Aegīnam
ablative	Aegīnā
vocative	Aegīna

Related terms

• Aegīnensis
• Aegīnēta

References

• “Aegina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aegina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Aegina”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly