-εια

See also: -εῖα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From -υς (-us, adjective suffix) or -εύς (-eús, masculine agent noun suffix) +‎ -ιᾰ (-ia, feminine suffix). Nouns formed with this suffix always have recessive accent, while feminine adjectives have accent on the penult if the corresponding masculine form has accent on the ultima.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.a/

Suffix

-ειᾰ • (-eia) f (genitive -είᾱς); first declension

Added to various stems to form feminine nouns of person or thing concerned
‎ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + ‎-εια (-eia) → ‎ἱέρειᾰ (hiéreia, “priestess”)
‎Καῖσᾰρ (Kaîsar, “Caesar”) + ‎-εια (-eia) → ‎Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ (Kaisáreia, “Caesarea”)
Added to adjectival stems to form a feminine form
‎γλυκ-ύς m (gluk-ús, “sweet”) + ‎-εια (-eia) → ‎γλυκεῖα f (glukeîa, “sweet”)

Declension

First declension of -ειᾰ; -ειᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ειᾰ -eia	-ειᾱ -eiā	-ειαι -eiai
Genitive	-ειᾱς -eiās	-ειαιν -eiain	-ειῶν -eiôn
Dative	-ειᾳ -eiāi	-ειαιν -eiain	-ειαις -eiais
Accusative	-ειᾰν -eian	-ειᾱ -eiā	-ειᾱς -eiās
Vocative	-ειᾰ -eia	-ειᾱ -eiā	-ειαι -eiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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