Aegira

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγειρα (Aígeira).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ae̯ˈɡiː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈd͡ʒiː.ra]

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.

	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.