αἴθουσα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tʰuː.sa/ → /ˈɛ.θu.sa/ → /ˈe.θu.sa/

• (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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

αἴθουσα • (aíthousa)

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of αἴθων (aíthōn)

Etymology 2

Traditionally explained as a derivation from αἴθω (aíthō, “to glow”) but this is a folk etymology. The word is more likely from Pre-Greek (albeit with semantic reinforcement from the folk etymology), due to the likely-related αἴδῶσσα (aídôssa, “the walls of a court of hall”) demonstrating significant consonantal variation, as well as the variant αἴθουσσα (aíthoussa) showing σ/σσ variation.

Alternative forms

• αἴδῶσσα (aídôssa)

Noun

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

1. (architecture) portico, veranda
2. poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)

Inflection

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

• αἰδῶσσα (aidôssa), αἴθουσσα (aíthoussa)

Descendants

• → Greek: αίθουσα (aíthousa)
• → Translingual: Aethusa

Further reading

• “αἴθουσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἴθουσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴθουσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)