αἰγόλεθρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἰγόλεθρον (aigólethron)
Etymology
From αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) + ὄλεθρος (ólethros, “plague, bane”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡó.le.tʰros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈɡo.le.tʰros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈɣo.le.θros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈɣo.le.θros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈɣo.le.θros/
Noun
αἰγόλεθρος • (aigólethros) m (genitive αἰγολέθρου); second declension
- pontic rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ αἰγόλεθρος; τοῦ αἰγολέθρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ αἰγόλεθρος ho aigólethros | τὼ αἰγολέθρω tṑ aigoléthrō | οἱ αἰγόλεθροι hoi aigólethroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ αἰγολέθρου toû aigoléthrou | τοῖν αἰγολέθροιν toîn aigoléthroin | τῶν αἰγολέθρων tôn aigoléthrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ αἰγολέθρῳ tôi aigoléthrōi | τοῖν αἰγολέθροιν toîn aigoléthroin | τοῖς αἰγολέθροις toîs aigoléthrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν αἰγόλεθρον tòn aigólethron | τὼ αἰγολέθρω tṑ aigoléthrō | τοὺς αἰγολέθρους toùs aigoléthrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | αἰγόλεθρε aigólethre | αἰγολέθρω aigoléthrō | αἰγόλεθροι aigólethroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: aegolethron
Further reading
- “αἰγόλεθρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἰγόλεθρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰγόλεθρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)