Ἀλθαία

See also: ἀλθαία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀλθαίη (Althaíē)

Etymology

From ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, “marsh mallow”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā).

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/

Proper noun

Ἀλθαίᾱ • (Althaíā) f (genitive Ἀλθαίᾱς); first declension

1. Althaea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀλθαίᾱ; τῆς Ἀλθαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀλθαίᾱ hē Althaíā
Genitive	τῆς Ἀλθαίᾱς tês Althaíās
Dative	τῇ Ἀλθαίᾳ têi Althaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀλθαίᾱν tḕn Althaíān
Vocative	Ἀλθαίᾱ Althaíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀλθαίᾱ (althaíā)

Descendants

• Catalan: Altea
• English: Althaea, Althea
• Greek: Αλθαία (Althaía)
• Latin: Althaea
• Spanish: Altea
• Translingual: Althaea

References

• “Ἀλθαία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀλθαία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000