ἁλία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾱ̔λίη (hālíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to push, press”) (whence εἴλω (eílō, “to shut in, press”), ῑ̓́λη (ī́lē, “band, troop”) and many others).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /haː.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)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

ᾱ̔λίᾱ • (hālíā) f (genitive ᾱ̔λίᾱς); first declension

1. assembly of people (in Doric states, answering to Attic ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía))
2. meeting, assembly

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾱ̔λίᾱ; τῆς ᾱ̔λίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾱ̔λίᾱ hē hālíā	τὼ ᾱ̔λίᾱ tṑ hālíā	αἱ ᾱ̔λίαι hai hālíai
Genitive	τῆς ᾱ̔λίᾱς tês hālíās	τοῖν ᾱ̔λίαιν toîn hālíain	τῶν ᾱ̔λιῶν tôn hāliôn
Dative	τῇ ᾱ̔λίᾳ têi hālíāi	τοῖν ᾱ̔λίαιν toîn hālíain	ταῖς ᾱ̔λίαις taîs hālíais
Accusative	τὴν ᾱ̔λίᾱν tḕn hālíān	τὼ ᾱ̔λίᾱ tṑ hālíā	τᾱ̀ς ᾱ̔λίᾱς tā̀s hālíās
Vocative	ᾱ̔λίᾱ hālíā	ᾱ̔λίᾱ hālíā	ᾱ̔λίαι hālíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἡλιαία (hēliaía)

Further reading

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