Γραῖα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A name given to the Greeks by the Romans, where they first met. The city's name itself means "grey", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old”).[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡrâi̯.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛ.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɛ.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣre.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣre.a/

Proper noun

Γραῖᾰ • (Graîa) f (genitive Γραίᾱς); first declension

Graea, Boeotia; Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γραῖᾰ; τῆς Γραίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γραῖᾰ hē Graîa
Genitive	τῆς Γραίᾱς tês Graíās
Dative	τῇ Γραίᾳ têi Graíāi
Accusative	τὴν Γραῖᾰν tḕn Graîan
Vocative	Γραῖᾰ Graîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: Graea

References

Γραῖα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)

R. S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 267.

[1] R. S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 267.