γαῖα

See also: Γαία and Γαῖα

Ancient Greek

Probably related to γῆ (gê, “earth”).^[1]

γαῖᾰ • (gaîă) f (genitive γαίᾱς); first declension

First declension of ἡ γαῖᾰ; τῆς γαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γαῖᾰ hē gaîă	τὼ γαίᾱ tṑ gaíā	αἱ γαῖαι hai gaîai
Genitive	τῆς γαίᾱς tês gaíās	τοῖν γαίαιν toîn gaíain	τῶν γαιῶν tôn gaiôn
Dative	τῇ γαίᾳ tēî gaíāi	τοῖν γαίαιν toîn gaíain	ταῖς γαίαις taîs gaíais
Accusative	τὴν γαῖᾰν tḕn gaîăn	τὼ γαίᾱ tṑ gaíā	τᾱ̀ς γαίᾱς tā̀s gaíās
Vocative	γαῖᾰ gaîă	γαίᾱ gaíā	γαῖαι gaîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of γαῖᾰ; γαίης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	γαῖᾰ gaîă	γαίᾱ gaíā	γαῖαι gaîai
Genitive	γαίης gaíēs	γαίαιν / γαίαιῐν / γαίῃῐν gaíai(ĭ)n / gaíēiĭn	γαιᾱ́ων / γαιέ͜ων / γαιῶν gaiā́ōn / gaié͜ōn / gaiôn
Dative	γαίῃ gaíēi	γαίαιν / γαίαιῐν / γαίῃῐν gaíai(ĭ)n / gaíēiĭn	γαίῃσῐ / γαίῃσῐν / γαίῃς / γαίαις gaíēisĭ(n) / gaíēis / gaíais
Accusative	γαῖᾰν gaîăn	γαίᾱ gaíā	γαίᾱς gaíās
Vocative	γαῖᾰ gaîă	γαίᾱ gaíā	γαῖαι gaîai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γαῖα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 255

“γαῖα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γαῖα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“γαῖα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
γαῖα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γαῖα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
γαῖα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- country idem, page 178.
- domain idem, page 246.
- earth idem, page 259.
- gaea (earth regarded as a goddess) idem, page 351.
- ground idem, page 375.
- land idem, page 475.
- mould idem, page 543.
- soil idem, page 791.