Aegina

English
Attic red-figure pyxis showing Zeus chasing Aegina

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴγινα (Aígina).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iˈd͡ʒaɪnə/

Proper noun

Aegina

  1. (Greek mythology) A nymph of the island that bears her name.
  2. (astronomy) 91 Aegina, a main belt asteroid.
  3. An island in Greece.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγινα (Aígina).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈɡiː.na/, [äe̯ˈɡiːnä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈd͡ʒi.na/, [eˈd͡ʒiːnä]

Proper noun

Aegīna f sg (genitive Aegīnae); first declension

  1. Aegina

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aegīna
Genitive Aegīnae
Dative Aegīnae
Accusative Aegīnam
Ablative Aegīnā
Vocative Aegīna
  • Aegīnensis
  • Aegīnēta

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