αἰγυπιός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἰγίποψ (aigípops)
Etymology
The comparison with Sanskrit ऋजिप्य (ṛjipya, “epithet of falcon”) is formally difficult; influence by αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) and γύψ (gúps, “vulture”) has been assumed, but this seems unlikely. The presence of the alternative form and the suffix -οπ- lead to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡy.pi.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ.ɡy.piˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛ.ʝy.piˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ʝy.piˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ʝi.piˈos/
Noun
αἰγῠπῐός • (aigupiós) m (genitive αἰγῠπῐοῦ); second declension
- vulture
- Synonyms: γύψ (gúps), τόργος (tórgos)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ αἰγῠπῐός; τοῦ αἰγῠπῐοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ αἰγῠπῐός ho aigupiós | τὼ αἰγῠπῐώ tṑ aigupiṓ | οἱ αἰγῠπῐοί hoi aigupioí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ αἰγῠπῐοῦ toû aigupioû | τοῖν αἰγῠπῐοῖν toîn aigupioîn | τῶν αἰγῠπῐῶν tôn aigupiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ αἰγῠπῐῷ tôi aigupiôi | τοῖν αἰγῠπῐοῖν toîn aigupioîn | τοῖς αἰγῠπῐοῖς toîs aigupioîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν αἰγῠπῐόν tòn aigupión | τὼ αἰγῠπῐώ tṑ aigupiṓ | τοὺς αἰγῠπῐούς toùs aigupioús | ||||||||||
Vocative | αἰγῠπῐέ aigupié | αἰγῠπῐώ aigupiṓ | αἰγῠπῐοί aigupioí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Aegypius
- Italian: gheppio
Further reading
- “αἰγυπιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἰγυπιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰγυπιός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN