Ὀρεστεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ὀρέστης (Oréstēs, “Orestes”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ὀρεστείᾱ • (Oresteíā) f (genitive Ὀρεστείᾱς); first declension

  1. Orestes, an ancient Greek tragedy play

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ὀρεστείᾱ; τῆς Ὀρεστείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ὀρεστείᾱ
hē Oresteíā
Genitive τῆς Ὀρεστείᾱς
tês Oresteíās
Dative τῇ Ὀρεστείᾳ
tēî Oresteíāi
Accusative τὴν Ὀρεστείᾱν
tḕn Oresteíān
Vocative Ὀρεστείᾱ
Oresteíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Ὀρέστειος (Orésteios)

Descendants

  • Greek: Ορεστεία (Oresteía)
  • Italian: Orestea
  • Sicilian: Aristìa, Uristìa

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019
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