Ἀχαΐα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ᾰ̓χαιĭ̈́η (Ăkhaiĭ̈́ē) — Ionic
  • Ᾰ̓χαίᾱ (Ăkhaíā) — Attic
  • Ἄχαιϝᾱ (Ákhaiwā)

Etymology

Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀏𐀹𐀊𐀆 (a-ka-wi-ja-de), Hittite 𒄴𒄭𒅀𒉿𒀀 (Aḫḫiyawā). Beekes reconstructs Pre-Greek *Akayʷa-.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀχᾱΐᾱ • (Akhāḯā) f (genitive Ἀχᾱΐᾱς); first declension

  1. Achaea, a region on the north coast of the Peloponnese in Greece.
  2. Achaea, a province of the Roman Empire, comprising the majority of Greece.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ; τῆς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
hē Ăkhāḯā 		τὼ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
tṑ Ăkhāḯā 		αἱ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαι
hai Ăkhāḯai
Genitive τῆς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱς
tês Ăkhāḯās 		τοῖν Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαιν
toîn Ăkhāḯain 		τῶν Ᾰ̓χᾱϊῶν
tôn Ăkhāïôn
Dative τῇ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾳ
tēî Ăkhāḯāi 		τοῖν Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαιν
toîn Ăkhāḯain 		ταῖς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαις
taîs Ăkhāḯais
Accusative τὴν Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱν
tḕn Ăkhāḯān 		τὼ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
tṑ Ăkhāḯā 		τᾱ̀ς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱς
tā̀s Ăkhāḯās
Vocative Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
Ăkhāḯā 		Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
Ăkhāḯā 		Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαι
Ăkhāḯai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Αχαΐα (Achaḯa), Αχαγιά (Achagiá)
  • Latin: Achaia

References

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