Ἐλευθεραί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Presumably from ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “free”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.leu̯.tʰe.rǎi̯/ → /e.leɸ.θeˈrɛ/ → /e.lef.θeˈre/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.leu̯.tʰe.rǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.lew.tʰeˈrɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.leɸ.θeˈrɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.lef.θeˈre/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.lef.θeˈre/

Proper noun

Ἐλευθεραί • (Eleutheraí) f pl (genitive Ἐλευθερῶν); first declension

1. Eleutherae, Boeotia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Ἐλευθεραί; τῶν Ἐλευθερῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Ἐλευθεραί hai Eleutheraí
Genitive	τῶν Ἐλευθερῶν tôn Eleutherôn
Dative	ταῖς Ἐλευθεραῖς taîs Eleutheraîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Ἐλευθερᾱ́ς tā̀s Eleutherā́s
Vocative	Ἐλευθεραί Eleutheraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ελευθερές (Eleftherés)
• Latin: Eleutherae

References

• “Ἐλευθεραί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἐλευθεραί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009