αἴθουσα

Ancient Greek edit

Pronunciation edit

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tʰuː.sa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tʰu.sa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.θu.sa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.θu.sa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.θu.sa/

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle edit

αἴθουσα • (aíthousa)

feminine nominative/vocative singular of αἴθων (aíthōn)

Etymology 2 edit

Traditionally explained as a derivation from αἴθω (aíthō, “to glow”) but this is a folk etymology. Probably the word is from Pre-Greek, due also to the presence of variations.

Noun edit

αἴθουσᾰ • (aíthousa) f (genitive αἰθούσης); first declension

Inflection edit

First declension of ἡ αἴθουσᾰ; τῆς αἰθούσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἴθουσᾰ hē aíthousa	τὼ αἰθούσᾱ tṑ aithoúsā	αἱ αἴθουσαι hai aíthousai
Genitive	τῆς αἰθούσης tês aithoúsēs	τοῖν αἰθούσαιν toîn aithoúsain	τῶν αἰθουσῶν tôn aithousôn
Dative	τῇ αἰθούσῃ têi aithoúsēi	τοῖν αἰθούσαιν toîn aithoúsain	ταῖς αἰθούσαις taîs aithoúsais
Accusative	τὴν αἴθουσᾰν tḕn aíthousan	τὼ αἰθούσᾱ tṑ aithoúsā	τᾱ̀ς αἰθούσᾱς tā̀s aithoúsās
Vocative	αἴθουσᾰ aíthousa	αἰθούσᾱ aithoúsā	αἴθουσαι aíthousai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Alternative forms edit

αἰδῶσσα (aidôssa), αἴθουσσα (aíthoussa)

Descendants edit

→ Greek: αίθουσα (aíthousa)
→ Translingual: Aethusa