Ἀλθαία
See also: ἀλθαία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἀλθαίη (Althaíē)
Etymology
From ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, “marsh mallow”) + -ᾱ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.tʰǎi̯.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alˈtʰɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alˈθɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alˈθe.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /alˈθe.a/
Proper noun
Ἀλθαίᾱ • (Althaíā) f (genitive Ἀλθαίᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Ἀλθαίᾱ hē Althaíā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἀλθαίᾱς tês Althaíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἀλθαίᾳ tēî Althaíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἀλθαίᾱν tḕn Althaíān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀλθαίᾱ Althaíā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀλθαίᾱ (althaíā)
Descendants
- Catalan: Altea
- English: Althaea, Althea
- Greek: Αλθαία (Althaía)
- Latin: Althaea
- Spanish: Altea
- Translingual: Althaea
References
- “Ἀλθαία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀλθαία 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, page 1,000