ἑστία

See also: Ἑστία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἱστίη (histíē) — Ionic
• ἱστία (histía) — Aeolic, Boeotian, Locrian, Doric, Arcadocypriot

Etymology

Traditionally connected to Latin Vesta and Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “to abide, dwell”); other theories include a connection with ἐσχάρᾱ (eskhárā, “hearth”) and Proto-Slavic *jestěja (“hearth”). Beekes rejects all these theories and proposes a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hes.tí.aː/ → /esˈti.a/ → /esˈti.a/

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

Noun

ἑστίᾱ • (hestíā) f (genitive ἑστίᾱς); first declension

1. hearth, fireplace, altar
2. (figuratively) house, family

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἑστῐ́ᾰ; τῆς ἑστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἑστῐ́ᾰ hē hestía	τὼ ἑστῐ́ᾱ tṑ hestíā	αἱ ἑστῐ́αι hai hestíai
Genitive	τῆς ἑστῐ́ᾱς tês hestíās	τοῖν ἑστῐ́αιν toîn hestíain	τῶν ἑστῐῶν tôn hestiôn
Dative	τῇ ἑστῐ́ᾳ têi hestíāi	τοῖν ἑστῐ́αιν toîn hestíain	ταῖς ἑστῐ́αις taîs hestíais
Accusative	τὴν ἑστῐ́ᾰν tḕn hestían	τὼ ἑστῐ́ᾱ tṑ hestíā	τᾱ̀ς ἑστῐ́ᾱς tā̀s hestíās
Vocative	ἑστῐ́ᾰ hestía	ἑστῐ́ᾱ hestíā	ἑστῐ́αι hestíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνέστιος (anéstios)
• Ἑστία (Hestía)
• Ἑστιαῖον (Hestiaîon)
• ἑστίαμα (hestíama)
• ἑστίασις (hestíasis)
• ἑστιάτωρ (hestiátōr)
• ἑστιάω (hestiáō)
• ἑστιόομαι (hestióomai)
• ἕστιος (héstios)
• ἑστιοῦχος (hestioûkhos)
• ἑστιῶτις (hestiôtis)
• ἐφέστιος (ephéstios)
• ὁμέστιος (homéstios)
• συνέστιος (sunéstios)

 

Descendants

• Greek: εστία (estía)

Further reading

• ἑστία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑστία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἑστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑστία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • altar idem, page 25.
  • dwelling idem, page 257.
  • fire-place idem, page 322.
  • fire-side idem, page 322.
  • grate idem, page 370.
  • hearth idem, page 392.
  • house idem, page 408.
  • vesta idem, page 949.