Ἠριγένεια
See also: ἠριγένεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Use as a proper noun of the (substantivised) adjective and common noun ἠρῐγένειᾰ (ērigéneia).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.neː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝.riˈɡe.ni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
- Hyphenation: Ἠ‧ρι‧γέ‧νει‧α
Proper noun
Ἠρῐγένειᾰ • (Ērigéneia) f (genitive Ἠρῐγενείᾱς); first declension
- early-born, child of morn (an epithet of Eos)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Homer to this entry?)
- (fully substantivised) Eos (Greek goddess of the dawn)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Homer to this entry?)
- (later) an epithet of the Moon
- c. 100 BCE – 400 CE, Greek Magical Papyri 4.2789–2790:
- νυκτὸς ἄγαλμα, νέα, φαεσίμβροτε, / ἠριγένεια
- nuktòs ágalma, néa, phaesímbrote, / ērigéneia
- oh Glory of the Night, New one, Who shines on mortals, / Early-born one
- νυκτὸς ἄγαλμα, νέα, φαεσίμβροτε, / ἠριγένεια
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ἠρῐγένειᾰ hē Ērigéneia | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἠρῐγενείᾱς tês Ērigeneíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἠρῐγενείᾳ têi Ērigeneíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἠρῐγένειᾰν tḕn Ērigéneian | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἠρῐγένειᾰ Ērigéneia | ||||||||||||
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References
- «ἠρι-γένεια» in Georg Autenrieth’s Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges (1891)
- “ἠρῐγένεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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