σπειραία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil, wreath”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), because of the shape of its follicles.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σπειραίᾱ • (speiraíā) f (genitive σπειραίᾱς); first declension

  1. privet (Ligustrum vulgare)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σπειραίᾱ; τῆς σπειραίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σπειραίᾱ
hē speiraíā 		τὼ σπειραίᾱ
tṑ speiraíā 		αἱ σπειραῖαι
hai speiraîai
Genitive τῆς σπειραίᾱς
tês speiraíās 		τοῖν σπειραίαιν
toîn speiraíain 		τῶν σπειραιῶν
tôn speiraiôn
Dative τῇ σπειραίᾳ
tēî speiraíāi 		τοῖν σπειραίαιν
toîn speiraíain 		ταῖς σπειραίαις
taîs speiraíais
Accusative τὴν σπειραίᾱν
tḕn speiraíān 		τὼ σπειραίᾱ
tṑ speiraíā 		τᾱ̀ς σπειραίᾱς
tā̀s speiraíās
Vocative σπειραίᾱ
speiraíā 		σπειραίᾱ
speiraíā 		σπειραῖαι
speiraîai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Spiraea

Further reading

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