Aegira

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγειρα (Aígeira).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈɡiː.ra/, [äe̯ˈɡiːrä]
• (modern Italianate 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.