Ἱρή

Ἱρή

See also: ἱρή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hiː.rɛ̌ː/ → /iˈri/ → /iˈri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hiː.rɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈre̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈri/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈri/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈri/

Proper noun

Ἱρή • (Hirḗ) f (genitive Ἱρῆς); first declension

1. Hire (a city in Messenia, Greece)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἱρή; τῆς Ἱρῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἱρή hē Hirḗ
Genitive	τῆς Ἱρῆς tês Hirês
Dative	τῇ Ἱρῇ têi Hirêi
Accusative	τὴν Ἱρήν tḕn Hirḗn
Vocative	Ἱρή Hirḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Hīrē

Further reading

• “Ἱρή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἱρή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette