Αὔγη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the noun αὐγή (augḗ, “sunbeam”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǎu̯.ɡɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ɡe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈaβ.ʝi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈav.ʝi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈav.ʝi/
Proper noun
Αὔγη • (Aúgē) f (genitive Αὔγης); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Auge
- (Greek mythology) Auge, the daughter of king Aleus and the virgin priestess of Athena Alea
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 696.4–5:
- Αὔγη γὰρ Ἀλέου παῖς με τῷ Τιρυνθίῳ / τίκτει λαθραίως Ἡρακλεῖ·
- Aúgē gàr Aléou paîs me tôi Tirunthíōi / tíktei lathraíōs Hērakleî;
- Auge, you see, the daughter of Aleus, bore me to Tirynsian / Hercules in secret.
- Αὔγη γὰρ Ἀλέου παῖς με τῷ Τιρυνθίῳ / τίκτει λαθραίως Ἡρακλεῖ·
- (Greek mythology) Auge, one of the Horae.
- (Greek mythology) Auge, the daughter of king Aleus and the virgin priestess of Athena Alea
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Αύγη (Ávgi), Αυγή (Avgí)
- → Latin: Augē
References
- Αὔγη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
- “Αὔγη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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