ἱλάειρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔λᾰρός (hilarós, “cheerful”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.lá.eː.ra/ → /iˈla.i.ra/ → /iˈla.i.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.lá.eː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈla.i.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈla.i.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈla.i.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈla.i.ra/

Noun

ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ • (hiláeira) f (genitive ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς); first declension

1. something mildly shining
   • Emped. 243
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.920C

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ; τῆς ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ hē hiláeira	τὼ ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱ tṑ hilaeírā	αἱ ῐ̔λᾰ́ειραι hai hiláeirai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς tês hilaeírās	τοῖν ῐ̔λᾰείραιν toîn hilaeírain	τῶν ῐ̔λᾰειρῶν tôn hilaeirôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̔λᾰείρᾳ têi hilaeírāi	τοῖν ῐ̔λᾰείραιν toîn hilaeírain	ταῖς ῐ̔λᾰείραις taîs hilaeírais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰν tḕn hiláeiran	τὼ ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱ tṑ hilaeírā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς tā̀s hilaeírās
Vocative	ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ hiláeira	ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱ hilaeírā	ῐ̔λᾰ́ειραι hiláeirai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἱλάειρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἱλάειρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette