Γραῖα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A name meaning "grey", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Γραῖᾰ • (Graîă) f (genitive Γραίᾱς); first declension

  1. Graea, Boeotia; Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γραῖᾰ; τῆς Γραίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Γραῖᾰ
hē Graîă
Genitive τῆς Γραίᾱς
tês Graíās
Dative τῇ Γραίᾳ
tēî Graíāi
Accusative τὴν Γραῖᾰν
tḕn Graîăn
Vocative Γραῖᾰ
Graîă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: Graea

References

  1. ^ R. S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 267.
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