Πιθηκοῦσαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Πῐθηκοῦσσαι (Pĭthēkoûssai)

Etymology

From the contracted feminine *πῐθηκόεσσᾰ (*pĭthēkóessă), from *πῐθηκόεις (*pĭthēkóeis, “ape-like”), from πῐ́θηκος (pĭ́thēkos, “ape”) +‎ -εις (-eis).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πιθηκοῦσαι • (Pithēkoûsai) f pl (genitive Πιῐθηκουσῶν); first declension

  1. Pithecusae; Ischia, Campania, Italy

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Πῐθηκοῦσαι; τῶν Πῐθηκουσῶν (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative αἱ Πῐθηκοῦσαι
hai Pĭthēkoûsai
Genitive τῶν Πῐθηκουσῶν
tôn Pĭthēkousôn
Dative ταῖς Πῐθηκούσαις
taîs Pĭthēkoúsais
Accusative τᾱ̀ς Πῐθηκούσᾱς
tā̀s Pĭthēkoúsās
Vocative Πῐθηκοῦσαι
Pĭthēkoûsai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Πιθηκούσες (Pithikoúses)
  • Latin: Pithēcūsae

References

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