Αἰγινήτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Αἴγινα (Aígina, “Aegina”) + -της (-tēs, masculine demonymic suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡiː.nɛ̌ː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ.ɡiˈne̝.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛ.ʝiˈni.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ʝiˈni.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ʝiˈni.tis/
Noun
Αἰγῑνήτης • (Aigīnḗtēs) m (genitive Αἰγῑνήτου); first declension
- an Aeginetan, inhabitant of Aegina
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.93.1
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Αἰγῑνήτης; τοῦ Αἰγῑνήτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Αἰγῑνήτης ho Aigīnḗtēs | τὼ Αἰγῑνήτᾱ tṑ Aigīnḗtā | οἱ Αἰγῑνῆται hoi Aigīnêtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Αἰγῑνήτου toû Aigīnḗtou | τοῖν Αἰγῑνήταιν toîn Aigīnḗtain | τῶν Αἰγῑνητῶν tôn Aigīnētôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Αἰγῑνήτῃ tôi Aigīnḗtēi | τοῖν Αἰγῑνήταιν toîn Aigīnḗtain | τοῖς Αἰγῑνήταις toîs Aigīnḗtais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Αἰγῑνήτην tòn Aigīnḗtēn | τὼ Αἰγῑνήτᾱ tṑ Aigīnḗtā | τοὺς Αἰγῑνήτᾱς toùs Aigīnḗtās | ||||||||||
Vocative | Αἰγῑνῆτᾰ Aigīnêta | Αἰγῑνήτᾱ Aigīnḗtā | Αἰγῑνῆται Aigīnêtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αιγινήτης (Aiginítis)
- → Latin: Aegīnētēs, Aegīnēta
- → English: Aeginetan
- → Italian: Egineta
Further reading
- “Αἰγινήτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Αἰγινήτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000