Δεκέλεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Δέκελος (Dékelos) +‎ -ειᾰ (-eia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /de.ké.leː.a/ → /ðeˈce.li.a/ → /ðeˈce.li.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /de.ké.leː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /deˈke.li.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðeˈce.li.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðeˈce.li.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðeˈce.li.a/

Proper noun

Δεκέλειᾰ • (Dekéleia) f (genitive Δεκελείᾱς); first declension

1. Decelea (a city in Attica, Greece)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Δεκέλειᾰ; τῆς Δεκελείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Δεκέλειᾰ hē Dekéleia
Genitive	τῆς Δεκελείᾱς tês Dekeleíās
Dative	τῇ Δεκελείᾳ têi Dekeleíāi
Accusative	τὴν Δεκέλειᾰν tḕn Dekéleian
Vocative	Δεκέλειᾰ Dekéleia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Δεκέλεια (Dekéleia)
• Latin: Decelea
• Turkish: Dikelya, Dhekelia (Cyprus)

References

• “Δεκέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Δεκέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Δεκέλεια 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 1,008