ζεγέριες
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ζεγερίαι (zegeríai)
Etymology
According to Herodotus, a Libyan word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ze.ɡé.ri.es/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zeˈɡe.ri.es/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zeˈʝe.ri.es/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zeˈʝe.ri.es/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zeˈʝe.ri.es/
Noun
ζεγέρῐες • (zegéries) m pl (genitive ζεγερῐ́ων); second declension
- kind of mice living in Libya
Declension
Third declension of οἱ ζεγέρῐες; τῶν ζεγερῐ́ων (Attic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | οἱ ζεγέρῐες hoi zegéries | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν ζεγερῐ́ων tôn zegeríōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς ζεγέρῐσῐ / ζεγέρῐσῐν toîs zegérisi(n) | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τοὺς ζεγέρῑς / ζεγέρῐᾰς toùs zegérīs / zegérias | ||||||||||||
Vocative | ζεγέρῐες zegéries | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ζεγέριες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press