-αι
See also: αι
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom the pronominal declension.[1] Displaced -ες (-es) except in the third declension. For the same development, compare Latin -ī.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e/
Suffix
edit-αι • (-ai) f
- nominative/vocative plural of -η (-ē)
See also
edit- -οι (-oi)
References
edit- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261