Aegira

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγειρα (Aígeira).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Aegīra f sg (genitive Aegīrae); first declension

  1. a town of Achaia and member of the Achean league
  2. another name of the island of Lesbos

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aegīra
Genitive Aegīrae
Dative Aegīrae
Accusative Aegīram
Ablative Aegīrā
Vocative Aegīra
Locative Aegīrae

References[edit]

  • Aegira”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aegira”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Aegira in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.