ἀλεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄλη (álē, “wandering, roaming”) + -είᾱ (-eíā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lěː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈli.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈli.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈli.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈli.a/
Noun
ἀλείᾱ • (aleíā) f (genitive ἀλείᾱς); first declension
- wandering about
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀλείᾱ hē aleíā |
τὼ ἀλείᾱ tṑ aleíā |
αἱ ἀλεῖαι hai aleîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀλείᾱς tês aleíās |
τοῖν ἀλείαιν toîn aleíain |
τῶν ἀλειῶν tôn aleiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀλείᾳ tēî aleíāi |
τοῖν ἀλείαιν toîn aleíain |
ταῖς ἀλείαις taîs aleíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀλείᾱν tḕn aleíān |
τὼ ἀλείᾱ tṑ aleíā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀλείᾱς tā̀s aleíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀλείᾱ aleíā |
ἀλείᾱ aleíā |
ἀλεῖαι aleîai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)