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αἴγιλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴγιλος αἰγίλου

Structure: αἰγιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)/c

Sense

  1. a herb of which goats are fond

Declension

Second declension

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

  • Αἴγιλα δ’ εἶναι δῆμον τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ ἀπὸ Αἰγίλου τινὸσ ἡρ́ωοσ ὠνομασμένον χελιδονίασ δὲ καλεῖσθαι τὰσ ἐρυθρομελαίνασ ἰσχάδασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 67 3:7)
  • Πλῆρέσ τοι μέλιτοσ τὸ καλὸν στόμα Θύρσι γένοιτο, πλῆρέσ τοι σχαδόνων, καὶ ἀπ’ Αἰγίλω ἰσχάδα τρώγοισ ἁδεῖαν, τέττιγοσ ἐπεὶ τύγα φέρτερον ᾄδεισ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 107)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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