ἐννοσίγαιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔνοσις (énosis, “shaking, quake”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”); the double νν (nn) serves to make the first syllable heavy, as the oldest form was *ἐνϝοσίγαιος (*enwosígaios) with the first syllable closed.
Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀚𐀯𐀅𐀃𐀚 (e-ne-si-da-o-ne).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /en.no.sí.ɡai̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /en.noˈsi.ɡɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /en.noˈsi.ʝɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /en.noˈsi.ʝe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.noˈsi.ʝe.os/
Adjective
ἐννοσίγαιος • (ennosígaios) m or f (neuter ἐννοσίγαιον); second declension
- (Epic) earthshaking (epithet of Poseidon)
- Synonym: ἐνοσίχθων (enosíkhthōn)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐννοσίγαιος ennosígaios |
ἐννοσίγαιον ennosígaion |
ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō |
ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō |
ἐννοσίγαιοι ennosígaioi |
ἐννοσίγαιᾰ ennosígaia | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐννοσιγαίου / ἐννοσιγαιοῖο / ἐννοσιγαίοιο / ἐννοσιγαιόο / ἐννοσιγαίοο ennosigaíou / ennosigaioîo / ennosigaíoio / ennosigaióo / ennosigaíoo |
ἐννοσιγαίου / ἐννοσιγαιοῖο / ἐννοσιγαίοιο / ἐννοσιγαιόο / ἐννοσιγαίοο ennosigaíou / ennosigaioîo / ennosigaíoio / ennosigaióo / ennosigaíoo |
ἐννοσιγαίοιῐν ennosigaíoiin |
ἐννοσιγαίοιῐν ennosigaíoiin |
ἐννοσιγαίων ennosigaíōn |
ἐννοσιγαίων ennosigaíōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐννοσιγαίῳ ennosigaíōi |
ἐννοσιγαίῳ ennosigaíōi |
ἐννοσιγαίοιῐν ennosigaíoiin |
ἐννοσιγαίοιῐν ennosigaíoiin |
ἐννοσιγαίοισῐ / ἐννοσιγαίοισῐν / ἐννοσιγαίοις ennosigaíoisi(n) / ennosigaíois |
ἐννοσιγαίοισῐ / ἐννοσιγαίοισῐν / ἐννοσιγαίοις ennosigaíoisi(n) / ennosigaíois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐννοσίγαιον ennosígaion |
ἐννοσίγαιον ennosígaion |
ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō |
ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō |
ἐννοσιγαίους ennosigaíous |
ἐννοσίγαιᾰ ennosígaia | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐννοσίγαιε ennosígaie |
ἐννοσίγαιον ennosígaion |
ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō |
ἐννοσιγαίω ennosigaíō |
ἐννοσίγαιοι ennosígaioi |
ἐννοσίγαιᾰ ennosígaia | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐννοσιγαίως ennosigaíōs |
ἐννοσιγαιότερος ennosigaióteros |
ἐννοσιγαιότᾰτος ennosigaiótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐννοσίγαιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐννοσίγαιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐννοσίγαιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐννοσίγαιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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