Αἰγύπτιος
See also: Αιγύπτιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos, “Egypt”) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix). Cognate to Mycenaean Greek 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡýp.ti.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈɡyp.ti.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈʝyp.ti.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈʝyp.ti.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈʝip.ti.os/
Adjective
Αἰγύπτῐος • (Aigúptios) m (feminine Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ, neuter Αἰγύπτῐον); first/second declension
- Egyptian
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.83
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.127
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 4.229
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.432
- 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 817
Inflection
First and second declension of Αἰγύπτῐος; Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ; Αἰγύπτῐον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | Αἰγύπτῐος Aigúptios | Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā | Αἰγύπτῐον Aigúption | Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō | Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā | Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō | Αἰγύπτῐοι Aigúptioi | Αἰγύπτῐαι Aigúptiai | Αἰγύπτῐᾰ Aigúptia | |||||
Genitive | Αἰγυπτῐ́ου Aiguptíou | Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱς Aiguptíās | Αἰγυπτῐ́ου Aiguptíou | Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν Aiguptíoin | Αἰγυπτῐ́αιν Aiguptíain | Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν Aiguptíoin | Αἰγυπτῐ́ων Aiguptíōn | Αἰγυπτῐ́ων Aiguptíōn | Αἰγυπτῐ́ων Aiguptíōn | |||||
Dative | Αἰγυπτῐ́ῳ Aiguptíōi | Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾳ Aiguptíāi | Αἰγυπτῐ́ῳ Aiguptíōi | Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν Aiguptíoin | Αἰγυπτῐ́αιν Aiguptíain | Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν Aiguptíoin | Αἰγυπτῐ́οις Aiguptíois | Αἰγυπτῐ́αις Aiguptíais | Αἰγυπτῐ́οις Aiguptíois | |||||
Accusative | Αἰγύπτῐον Aigúption | Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱν Aiguptíān | Αἰγύπτῐον Aigúption | Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō | Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā | Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō | Αἰγυπτῐ́ους Aiguptíous | Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱς Aiguptíās | Αἰγύπτῐᾰ Aigúptia | |||||
Vocative | Αἰγύπτῐε Aigúptie | Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā | Αἰγύπτῐον Aigúption | Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō | Αἰγυπτῐ́ᾱ Aiguptíā | Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō | Αἰγύπτῐοι Aigúptioi | Αἰγύπτῐαι Aigúptiai | Αἰγύπτῐᾰ Aigúptia | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
Αἰγυπτῐ́ως Aiguptíōs | Αἰγυπτῐώτερος Aiguptiṓteros | Αἰγυπτῐώτᾰτος Aiguptiṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
Αἰγύπτιος • (Aigúptios) m (genitive Αἰγυπτῐ́ου); second declension
- One who is Egyptian
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Αἰγύπτῐος; τοῦ Αἰγυπτῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Αἰγύπτῐος ho Aigúptios | τὼ Αἰγυπτῐ́ω tṑ Aiguptíō | οἱ Αἰγύπτῐοι hoi Aigúptioi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Αἰγυπτῐ́ου toû Aiguptíou | τοῖν Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν toîn Aiguptíoin | τῶν Αἰγυπτῐ́ων tôn Aiguptíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Αἰγυπτῐ́ῳ tôi Aiguptíōi | τοῖν Αἰγυπτῐ́οιν toîn Aiguptíoin | τοῖς Αἰγυπτῐ́οις toîs Aiguptíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Αἰγύπτῐον tòn Aigúption | τὼ Αἰγυπτῐ́ω tṑ Aiguptíō | τοὺς Αἰγυπτῐ́ους toùs Aiguptíous | ||||||||||
Vocative | Αἰγύπτῐε Aigúptie | Αἰγυπτῐ́ω Aiguptíō | Αἰγύπτῐοι Aigúptioi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Αἰγυπτῐᾰκός (Aiguptiakós)
Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios)
- → Arabic: قِبْط (qibṭ), قُبْط (qubṭ)
- → French: Copte
- → English: Copt
- → Spanish: copto
- → French: Copte
- → Egyptian Arabic: كوفتس (kuftis)
- → Arabic: قِبْط (qibṭ), قُبْط (qubṭ)
- → Latin: aegyptius
- Inherited:
- Italian: ghezzo
- Borrowed:
- → Catalan: egipci
- → Galician: exipcio
- → Italian: egizio
- → Portuguese: egípcio
- → Spanish: egipcio
- Inherited:
Further reading
- “Αἰγύπτιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Αἰγύπτιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Αἰγύπτιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Αἰγύπτιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “Αἰγύπτιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G124 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Αἰγύπτιος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- egypt idem, page 263.