ἠριγένεια

See also: Ἠριγένεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”, Epic adverb) + the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born, come into being”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-iă, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.neː.a/ → /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/ → /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.ri.ɡé.neː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.riˈɡe.ni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.riˈʝe.ni.a/

• Hyphenation: ἠ‧ρι‧γέ‧νει‧α

Noun

ἠρῐγένειᾰ • (ērĭgéneiă) f (genitive ἠρῐγενείᾱς); first declension

1. early-born (Homeric epithet of Eos, the Dawn)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.477, (The same line is repeated numerous times in both the Iliad and the Odyssey to announce a new day in the story.):

     ἦμος δ’ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς

     êmos d’ ērigéneia phánē rhododáktulos Ēṓs

     When rosy-fingered Dawn appeared early-born

   1. (as a substantive, see Ἠρῐγένειᾰ (Ērĭgéneiă)) a child of the morning
2. the morning, morn

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Theocritus to this entry?)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Leonidas Alexandrinus to this entry?)

3. (in later Epic) a day

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Nonnus to this entry?)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Quintus Smyrnaeus to this entry?)

4. (echoing ἔᾰρ (éăr), “spring”, etymon of ἦρι (êri), pseudo-adjective) one bearing in spring (a varia lectio of ἠυγένειᾰ (ēugéneiă))

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Aeschylus to this entry?)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἠρῐγένειᾰ; τῆς ἠρῐγενείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἠρῐγένειᾰ hē ērĭgéneiă	τὼ ἠρῐγενείᾱ tṑ ērĭgeneíā	αἱ ἠρῐγένειαι hai ērĭgéneiai
Genitive	τῆς ἠρῐγενείᾱς tês ērĭgeneíās	τοῖν ἠρῐγενείαιν toîn ērĭgeneíain	τῶν ἠρῐγενειῶν tôn ērĭgeneiôn
Dative	τῇ ἠρῐγενείᾳ têi ērĭgeneíāi	τοῖν ἠρῐγενείαιν toîn ērĭgeneíain	ταῖς ἠρῐγενείαις taîs ērĭgeneíais
Accusative	τὴν ἠρῐγένειᾰν tḕn ērĭgéneiăn	τὼ ἠρῐγενείᾱ tṑ ērĭgeneíā	τᾱ̀ς ἠρῐγενείᾱς tā̀s ērĭgeneíās
Vocative	ἠρῐγένειᾰ ērĭgéneiă	ἠρῐγενείᾱ ērĭgeneíā	ἠρῐγένειαι ērĭgéneiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἠρῐγένειᾰ (Ērĭgéneiă)

References

• “ἠριγένεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἠριγένεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἠριγένεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἠριγένεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἠριγένεια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἠρι-γένεια» in Georg Autenrieth’s Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges (1891)