ἀλθαία

See also: Ἀλθαία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, “to cure”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.tʰǎi̯.aː/ → /alˈθɛ.a/ → /alˈθe.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.tʰǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /alˈtʰɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈθɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈθe.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈθe.a/

Noun

ἀλθαίᾱ • (althaíā) f (genitive ἀλθαίᾱς); first declension

1. marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)
2. tree mallow (Malva arborea)

   Synonym: δενδρομαλάχη (dendromalákhē)

3. catchfly (Silene gallica)

   Synonym: ὠκιμοειδές (ōkimoeidés)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀλθαίᾱ; τῆς ἀλθαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀλθαίᾱ hē althaíā	τὼ ἀλθαίᾱ tṑ althaíā	αἱ ἀλθαῖαι hai althaîai
Genitive	τῆς ἀλθαίᾱς tês althaíās	τοῖν ἀλθαίαιν toîn althaíain	τῶν ἀλθαιῶν tôn althaiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀλθαίᾳ têi althaíāi	τοῖν ἀλθαίαιν toîn althaíain	ταῖς ἀλθαίαις taîs althaíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀλθαίᾱν tḕn althaíān	τὼ ἀλθαίᾱ tṑ althaíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀλθαίᾱς tā̀s althaíās
Vocative	ἀλθαίᾱ althaíā	ἀλθαίᾱ althaíā	ἀλθαῖαι althaîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: althaea
  • → Translingual: Althaea

References

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