Aegira

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγειρα (Aígeira).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈɡiː.ra/, [äe̯ˈɡiːrä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈd͡ʒi.ra/, [eˈd͡ʒiːrä]

Proper noun

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

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

References
  • “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
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