Βίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βίης (Bíēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bí.aːs/ → /ˈβi.as/ → /ˈvi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.as/

Proper noun

Βίᾱς • (Bíās) m (genitive Βίᾰντος); third declension

1. Bias

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Βίᾱς; τοῦ Βίᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βίᾱς ho Bíās
Genitive	τοῦ Βίᾰντος toû Bíantos
Dative	τῷ Βίᾰντῐ tôi Bíanti
Accusative	τὸν Βίᾰντᾰ tòn Bíanta
Vocative	Βίᾰν Bían
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βίας (Vías); Βίαντας (Víantas)
• Latin: Bias

References

• “Βίας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Βίας 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 1,004