Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἴγειρα (Aígeira).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Aegīra
genitive Aegīrae
dative Aegīrae
accusative Aegīram
ablative Aegīrā
vocative Aegīra
locative Aegīrae

References

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  • 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.