αἰετός (aietós)

αἰετός (aietós)

 

From Proto-Hellenic *aywetós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewyetós, from *h₂éwis (“bird”). Cognate with Sanskrit वि (ví), Latin avis, Old Armenian հաւ (haw).

ᾱ̓ετός • (āetós) m (genitive ᾱ̓ετοῦ); second declension

eagle
(astronomy) the constellation Aquila
(if involving an auspice): omen
gable

Greek: αϊτός m (aïtós) / αετός m (aetós, “eagle”), χαρταετός (chartaetós, “kite (toy)”)
⇒ Translingual: Circaetus, Ictinaetus, Gypaetus, Haliaeetus (via ἁλιαίετος (haliaíetos, “osprey”)), Hieraaetus, Aetobatus
→ Samoan: aeto
→ Tokelauan: āeto   

 

Alternative forms
αἰετός (aietós) — Epic, Lyric, Old Attic, Ionic
ᾱ̓ητός (āētós) — Epic
αἴετος (aíetos) — Lesbian
αἰητός (aiētós), αἰϝετός (aiwetós) — Doric
αἰβετός (aibetós) — Pamphylian

 

 

αἰετός

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B1%E1%BC%B0%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%82 

 

ἀετός

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%82 

 

 

Aquila

 Borrowed from Latin aquila (“eagle”). The eagles belong to the genus Aquila.

 

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aquila