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Aegina

Aegina · f

An island in the Saronic gulf

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What it meant

Aegīna — Lewis & Short

Aegīna, ae, f., = *ai)/gi=na.

I An island in the Saronic gulf, earlier called Œnone or Œnopia, now Eghina, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 57; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46 al.—Hence. Aegīnensis, e, adj., of Ægina.—Subst., a native or an inhabitant of Ægina, Val. Max. 9, 2, 8 ext.Aegīnēta, ae, m., i. q. the preceding, Cic. Off. 3, 11.—Aegīnē-tĭcus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Ægina: aes, Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 8.—
II The mother of Æacus, Ov. M. 7, 474.

In the wild

6 of 31 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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