ἰχθύα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̓χθῠ́η (ikhthúē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰý.aː/ → /ixˈθy.a/ → /ixˈθi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰý.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰˈtʰy.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ixˈθi.a/

Noun

ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ • (ikhthúā) f (genitive ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς); first declension

1. dried skin of the fish
2. pot (perhaps for pickled fish)
3. fishing, fishery
4. pickled fish

   ταριχηρὰ ἰχθύα ― tarikhērà ikhthúa ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ hē ikhthúā	τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ tṑ ikhthúā	αἱ ῐ̓χθῠ́αι hai ikhthúai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς tês ikhthúās	τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́αιν toîn ikhthúain	τῶν ῐ̓χθῠῶν tôn ikhthuôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾳ têi ikhthúāi	τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́αιν toîn ikhthúain	ταῖς ῐ̓χθῠ́αις taîs ikhthúais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱν tḕn ikhthúān	τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ tṑ ikhthúā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς tā̀s ikhthúās
Vocative	ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ ikhthúā	ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ ikhthúā	ῐ̓χθῠ́αι ikhthúai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἰχθύα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press