ἱλάειρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῐ̔λᾰρός (hĭlărós, “cheerful”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.lá.eː.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)iˈla.i.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈla.i.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈla.i.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈla.i.ra/
Noun
ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ • (hĭlắeiră) f (genitive ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς); first declension
- something mildly shining
- Emped. 243
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ hē hĭlắeiră |
τὼ ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱ tṑ hĭlăeírā |
αἱ ῐ̔λᾰ́ειραι hai hĭlắeirai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς tês hĭlăeírās |
τοῖν ῐ̔λᾰείραιν toîn hĭlăeírain |
τῶν ῐ̔λᾰειρῶν tôn hĭlăeirôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῐ̔λᾰείρᾳ tēî hĭlăeírāi |
τοῖν ῐ̔λᾰείραιν toîn hĭlăeírain |
ταῖς ῐ̔λᾰείραις taîs hĭlăeírais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰν tḕn hĭlắeirăn |
τὼ ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱ tṑ hĭlăeírā |
τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς tā̀s hĭlăeírās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ hĭlắeiră |
ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱ hĭlăeírā |
ῐ̔λᾰ́ειραι hĭlắeirai | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἱλάειρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱλάειρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette