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Αἰγαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Αἰγαῖος Αἰγαῖη Αἰγαῖον

Structure: Αἰγαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Aegaean
  2. the Aegaean

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Αἰγαῖος Αἰγαί͂ᾱ Αἰγαῖον
Genitive Αἰγαίου Αἰγαί͂ᾱς Αἰγαίου
Dative Αἰγαίῳ Αἰγαί͂ᾱͅ Αἰγαίῳ
Accusative Αἰγαῖον Αἰγαί͂ᾱν Αἰγαῖον
Vocative Αἰγαῖε Αἰγαί͂ᾱ Αἰγαῖον
DualN/A/V Αἰγαίω Αἰγαί͂ᾱ Αἰγαίω
G/D Αἰγαίοιν Αἰγαί͂αιν Αἰγαίοιν
PluralNominative Αἰγαῖοι Αἰγαῖ͂αι Αἰγαῖα
Genitive Αἰγαίων Αἰγαῖῶν Αἰγαίων
Dative Αἰγαίοις Αἰγαί͂αις Αἰγαίοις
Accusative Αἰγαίους Αἰγαί͂ᾱς Αἰγαῖα
Vocative Αἰγαῖοι Αἰγαῖ͂αι Αἰγαῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Αἰγαῖος Αἰγαίου Αἰγαιώτερος Αἰγαιωτέρου Αἰγαιώτατος Αἰγαιωτάτου
Adverb Αἰγαίως Αἰγαιώτερον Αἰγαιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αὗται μὲν αἱ Ιἄδεσ πόλιεσ εἰσί, αἵδε δὲ αἱ Αἰολίδεσ, Κύμη ἡ Φρικωνὶσ καλεομένη, Λήρισαι, Νέον τεῖχοσ, Τῆμνοσ, Κίλλα, Νότιον, Αἰγιρόεσσα, Πιτάνη, Αἰγαῖαι, Μύρινα, Γρύνεια. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 149 2:1)
  • Τῶν δ’ ἄλλων τῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ κατωνομασμένων τὰ μὲν ἀνῄρηται, τῶν δ’ ἴχνη λείπεται, τὰ δὲ μετωνόμασται, καθάπερ αἱ Αὐγειαὶ Αἰγαιαί· (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 5 6:18)
  • μετὰ δὲ Μαλλὸν Αἰγαῖαι πολίχνιον ὕφορμον ἔχον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 5 36:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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