Αἰτωλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Αἰτωλός (Aitōlós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.tɔː.lí.aː/ → /ɛ.toˈli.a/ → /e.toˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.tɔː.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.toˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.toˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.toˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.toˈli.a/

Proper noun

Αἰτωλῐ́ᾱ • (Aitōlíā) f (genitive Αἰτωλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Aetolia (a mountainous region of Greece)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αἰτωλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Αἰτωλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αἰτωλῐ́ᾱ hē Aitōlíā
Genitive	τῆς Αἰτωλῐ́ᾱς tês Aitōlíās
Dative	τῇ Αἰτωλῐ́ᾳ têi Aitōlíāi
Accusative	τὴν Αἰτωλῐ́ᾱν tḕn Aitōlíān
Vocative	Αἰτωλῐ́ᾱ Aitōlíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αιτωλία (Aitolía)
• Latin: Aetōlia

References

• “Αἰτωλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Αἰτωλία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000