ἀποικία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ᾰ̓ποικῐ́η (ăpoikĭ́ē) — Ionic
Etymology
From ᾰ̓́ποικος (ắpoikos, “colonist”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.poi̯.kí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pyˈki.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.pyˈci.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.pyˈci.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.piˈci.a/
Noun
ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ • (ăpoikĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Attic, Doric, Koine)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ hē ăpoikĭ́ā |
τὼ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăpoikĭ́ā |
αἱ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αι hai ăpoikĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς tês ăpoikĭ́ās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αιν toîn ăpoikĭ́ain |
τῶν ᾰ̓ποικῐῶν tôn ăpoikĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾳ tēî ăpoikĭ́āi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αιν toîn ăpoikĭ́ain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αις taîs ăpoikĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăpoikĭ́ān |
τὼ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăpoikĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăpoikĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ ăpoikĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ ăpoikĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αι ăpoikĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀποικία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press