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αἰγιαλός

aigialos

sea-shore, beach

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What it meant

1. αἰγιαλός · aigialos — Beekes

αἰγιαλός [adj.| ‘sea-shore, beach’; also TN, e.g. the coast of Achaea (1. 42> *DIAL Myc. a,-ki-a,-ri-jo probably /aigihalio-/, see Aura Jorro 1985-1993: 134. DER αἰγιάλειος, αἰγιαλεύς, αἰγιαλικός, -λίτης, -λώδης all are late derivations. Also Αἰγιαλεῖς name of the inhabitants of the coast of Achaea Hdt.). *ETYM The Myc. form seems to confirm that the second element is derived from » dAc. For the first member, cf. … — [Beekes, s.v. αἰγιαλός, p. 78]

2. αἰγιαλός · aigialos — Chantraine

αἰγιαλός, -où : m. «côte, rivage » de la mer, doit se distinguer de ἀκτὴ, cf. Arist. HA 547a ; s'emploie chez Hom. avec les adjectifs μέγας, πολυηχῆς, κοῖλος, εὐρύς, cf. Il. 14,34, où le mot désigne la grève où sont halés les vaisseaux des Achéens. Hsch. donne la définition : ὁ παραθαλάσσιος ἐν τόπῳ ψαμμώδει ἢ ψηφῖδας ἔχων. Le mot se retrouve chez Hdt., Th., Arist., οἷο Enfin il a fourni des noms propres de lieu, … — [Chantraine, s.v. αἰγιαλός, p. 44]

3. αἰγιαλός · aigialos — Frisk

αἰγιαλός m. "Gestade’, auch als ON, z.B. die Küste von Achaja (seit Hom., ion.att.). Ableitungen: αἰγιάλειος, αἰγιαλεύς, αἰγιαλικός, -λίτης, -Awöng, seit hell. Zeit belegt (Aiyıaleis als Name der Küstenbewohner von Achaja Hdt.). — Wird gewöhnlich mit αἶγες" τὰ κύματα. Δωριεῖς H. (vgl. auch Artem. 2,12: καὶ γὰρ τὰ μεγάλα κύματα αἶγας & τῇ συνηθείᾳ λέγομεν) in Verbindung gebracht. Das Hinterstück wäre nach Hirt IF … — [Frisk, s.v. αἰγιαλός, p. 61]

4. αἰγιαλός · aigialos — Frisk

αἰγιαλός. Myk. ai-ki-a,-ri-jo? (Bed. unbekannt). — [Frisk, s.v. αἰγιαλός, p. 2146]

5. αἰγιᾰλός · aigialos — LSJ

sea-shore, beach, a whole beach of voting-pebbles

sea-shore, beach, Il. 4.422, Od. 22.385, Hdt. 7.50, al., Th. 1.7 (pl.), X. An. 6.4.4, Thphr. HP 7.13.8 (pl.), etc.; distinguished from ἀκτή, Arist. HA 547a10; also in E. (lyr.), IT 425, IA 210; αἰγιαλὸν ἔνδον τρέφει a whole beach of voting-pebbles, Ar. V. 110: prov., αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖς, of deaf persons, Suid., Zen. 1.38. (Prob. connected with αἰγίς II, αἴξ IV.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. αἰγιαλός (scan pp. 78-79; entry #195).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. αἰγιαλός (scan p. 44; entry #185).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἰγιαλός (scan p. 61; entry #177).

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