Γῆ
See also: γη, Γη, γῆ, and Appendix:Variations of "ge"
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡɛ̂ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝi/
Proper noun
Γῆ • (Gê) f (genitive Γῆς); first declension
- the Earth, personified as a goddess
Declension
First declension of ἡ Γῆ; τῆς Γῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Γῆ hē Gê | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Γῆς tês Gês | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Γῇ têi Gêi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Γῆν tḕn Gên | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Γῆ Gê | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Γαῖα (Gaîa)
- Γηγενής (Gēgenḗs)
Descendants
- Greek: Γη (Gi)
Further reading
- Γῆ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Γῆ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- gaea (earth regarded as a goddess) idem, page 351.