ἀλεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄλη (álē, “wandering, roaming”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lěː.aː/ → /aˈli.a/ → /aˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈli.a/

Noun

ἀλείᾱ • (aleíā) f (genitive ἀλείᾱς); first declension

1. wandering about

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀλείᾱ; τῆς ἀλείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλείᾱ hē aleíā	τὼ ἀλείᾱ tṑ aleíā	αἱ ἀλεῖαι hai aleîai
Genitive	τῆς ἀλείᾱς tês aleíās	τοῖν ἀλείαιν toîn aleíain	τῶν ἀλειῶν tôn aleiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀλείᾳ têi aleíāi	τοῖν ἀλείαιν toîn aleíain	ταῖς ἀλείαις taîs aleíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀλείᾱν tḕn aleíān	τὼ ἀλείᾱ tṑ aleíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀλείᾱς tā̀s aleíās
Vocative	ἀλείᾱ aleíā	ἀλείᾱ aleíā	ἀλεῖαι aleîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀλεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)