ἰχθύα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῐ̓χθῠ́η (ĭkhthŭ́ē) — Ionic
Etymology
From ῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ĭkhthū́s).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ikʰ.tʰý.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ikʰˈtʰy.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ixˈθy.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ixˈθy.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ixˈθi.a/
Noun
ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ • (ĭkhthŭ́ā) f (genitive ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς); first declension
- dried skin of the fish
- pot (perhaps for pickled fish)
- fishing, fishery
- pickled fish
- ταριχηρὰ ἰχθύα ― tarikhērà ikhthúa ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ hē ĭkhthŭ́ā |
τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ tṑ ĭkhthŭ́ā |
αἱ ῐ̓χθῠ́αι hai ĭkhthŭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς tês ĭkhthŭ́ās |
τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́αιν toîn ĭkhthŭ́ain |
τῶν ῐ̓χθῠῶν tôn ĭkhthŭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾳ tēî ĭkhthŭ́āi |
τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́αιν toîn ĭkhthŭ́ain |
ταῖς ῐ̓χθῠ́αις taîs ĭkhthŭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱν tḕn ĭkhthŭ́ān |
τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ tṑ ĭkhthŭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς tā̀s ĭkhthŭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ ĭkhthŭ́ā |
ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ ĭkhthŭ́ā |
ῐ̓χθῠ́αι ĭkhthŭ́ai | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἰχθύα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press