αἶσα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of αἰτέω (aitéō, “to ask for, beg”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /âi̯.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.sa/
Noun
αἶσᾰ • (aîsa) f (genitive αἴσης); first declension
- destiny, fate
- (personified) a goddess of destiny
Declension
First declension of ἡ αἶσᾰ; τῆς αἴσης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ αἶσᾰ hē aîsa | τὼ αἴσᾱ tṑ aísā | αἱ αἶσαι hai aîsai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς αἴσης tês aísēs | τοῖν αἴσαιν toîn aísain | τῶν αἰσῶν tôn aisôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ αἴσῃ têi aísēi | τοῖν αἴσαιν toîn aísain | ταῖς αἴσαις taîs aísais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν αἶσᾰν tḕn aîsan | τὼ αἴσᾱ tṑ aísā | τᾱ̀ς αἴσᾱς tā̀s aísās | ||||||||||
Vocative | αἶσᾰ aîsa | αἴσᾱ aísā | αἶσαι aîsai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- αἴσιος (aísios)
Further reading
- αἶσα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἶσα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- αἶσα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Fate idem, page 1010.
- doom idem, page 247.
- fate idem, page 309.
- lot idem, page 501.