αἰγίλωψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unclear.[1]

  1. The oak sense has been argued to retain a Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”) whence Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”) and Latin aesculus (“some oak”).
  2. However, the haver-grass sense has been argued to derive from αἴγιλος (aígilos, “haver-grass”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”) (whence αἴξ (aíx)).
  3. For the lachrymal fistula sense, see also ἀγχίλωψ (ankhílōps).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

αἰγῐ́λωψ • (aigílōps) m (genitive αἰγῐ́λωπος); third declension

  1. haver-grass (Aegilops neglecta)
  2. Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) or valonia oak (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis)
  3. ulcer in the eye, lachrymal fistula
  4. a bulbous plant

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ αἰγῐ́λωψ; τοῦ αἰγῐ́λωπος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ αἰγῐ́λωψ
ho aigílōps		 τὼ αἰγῐ́λωπε
tṑ aigílōpe		 οἱ αἰγῐ́λωπες
hoi aigílōpes
Genitive τοῦ αἰγῐ́λωπος
toû aigílōpos		 τοῖν αἰγῐλώποιν
toîn aigilṓpoin		 τῶν αἰγῐλώπων
tôn aigilṓpōn
Dative τῷ αἰγῐ́λωπῐ
tôi aigílōpi		 τοῖν αἰγῐλώποιν
toîn aigilṓpoin		 τοῖς αἰγῐ́λωψῐ / αἰγῐ́λωψῐν
toîs aigílōpsi(n)
Accusative τὸν αἰγῐ́λωπᾰ
tòn aigílōpa		 τὼ αἰγῐ́λωπε
tṑ aigílōpe		 τοὺς αἰγῐ́λωπᾰς
toùs aigílōpas
Vocative αἰγῐ́λωψ
aigílōps		 αἰγῐ́λωπε
aigílōpe		 αἰγῐ́λωπες
aigílōpes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: aegilōps m, aegilōpa f
    • → English: aegilops
    • → French: égilope

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἰγίλωψ, -ωπος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32

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