Ἑστία

Ἑστία

See also: ἑστία and εστία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἱστίη (Histíē), Ἑστίη (Hestíē) – Ionic

Etymology

From ἑστῐ́ᾱ (hestíā, “hearth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hes.tí.aː/ → /esˈti.a/ → /esˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hes.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)esˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /esˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /esˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /esˈti.a/

Proper noun

Ἑστῐ́ᾱ • (Hestíā) f (genitive Ἑστῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hestia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἑστῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἑστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἑστῐ́ᾱ hē Hestíā
Genitive	τῆς Ἑστῐ́ᾱς tês Hestíās
Dative	τῇ Ἑστῐ́ᾳ têi Hestíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἑστῐ́ᾱν tḕn Hestíān
Vocative	Ἑστῐ́ᾱ Hestíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εστία (Estía)
• Latin: Hestia
• → Russian: Ге́стия (Géstija)
• Turkish: Hestia

References

• “ἑστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἑστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἑστία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029