ἰά

ἰά

See also: ἴα, -ια, -ία, and -ιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰή (iḗ) – Ionic
• ἰωή (iōḗ)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ǎː/ → /iˈa/ → /iˈa/

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

Noun

ῐ̓ᾱ́ • (iā́) f (genitive ῐ̓ᾱ́ς); first declension

1. clamor, shout, cry
2. sound, roar

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῐ̓ᾱ́; τῆς ῐ̓ᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓ᾱ́ hē iā́	τὼ ῐ̓ᾱ́ tṑ iā́	αἱ ῐ̓αί hai iaí
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓ᾶς tês iâs	τοῖν ῐ̓αῖν toîn iaîn	τῶν ῐ̓ῶν tôn iôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓ᾷ têi iâi	τοῖν ῐ̓αῖν toîn iaîn	ταῖς ῐ̓αῖς taîs iaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓ᾱ́ν tḕn iā́n	τὼ ῐ̓ᾱ́ tṑ iā́	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓ᾱ́ς tā̀s iā́s
Vocative	ῐ̓ᾱ́ iā́	ῐ̓ᾱ́ iā́	ῐ̓αί iaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἰαί (iaí)
• ἰάζω (iázō)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἰά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 571

Further reading

• ἰά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰά in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἰά in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἰά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἰά in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Encyclopedia Papyrus-Larousse (1963)