Ἐραί

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Γέραι (Gérai)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rǎi̯/ → /eˈrɛ/ → /eˈre/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈrɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈrɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈre/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈre/

Proper noun

Ἐραί • (Eraí) f pl (genitive Ἐρῶν); first declension

1. Erae, Ionia, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Ἐραί; τῶν Ἐρῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Ἐραί hai Eraí
Genitive	τῶν Ἐρῶν tôn Erôn
Dative	ταῖς Ἐραῖς taîs Eraîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Ἐρᾱ́ς tā̀s Erā́s
Vocative	Ἐραί Eraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Erae

Further reading

• Ἐραί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette