αἰκία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Contracted from *ἀεικείᾱ (*aeikeíā), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) + εἰκός (eikós, “reasonable, fair”) + -είᾱ (-eíā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.kǐː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈki.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈci.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈci.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈci.a/
Noun
αἰκῑ́ᾱ • (aikī́ā) f (genitive αἰκῑ́ᾱς); first declension
Usage notes
- Note that the -ῑ- (-ī-) is long.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ αἰκῑ́ᾱ hē aikī́ā |
τὼ αἰκῑ́ᾱ tṑ aikī́ā |
αἱ αἰκῖαι hai aikîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς αἰκῑ́ᾱς tês aikī́ās |
τοῖν αἰκῑ́αιν toîn aikī́ain |
τῶν αἰκῑῶν tôn aikīôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ αἰκῑ́ᾳ tēî aikī́āi |
τοῖν αἰκῑ́αιν toîn aikī́ain |
ταῖς αἰκῑ́αις taîs aikī́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν αἰκῑ́ᾱν tḕn aikī́ān |
τὼ αἰκῑ́ᾱ tṑ aikī́ā |
τᾱ̀ς αἰκῑ́ᾱς tā̀s aikī́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἰκῑ́ᾱ aikī́ā |
αἰκῑ́ᾱ aikī́ā |
αἰκῖαι aikîai | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | αἰκῑ́η aikī́ē |
αἰκῑ́ᾱ aikī́ā |
αἰκῖαι aikîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | αἰκῑ́ης aikī́ēs |
αἰκῑ́αιῐ̈ν aikī́aiĭ̈n |
αἰκῑᾱ́ων / αἰκῑέων / αἰκῑῶν aikīā́ōn / aikīéōn / aikīôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | αἰκῑ́ῃ aikī́ēi |
αἰκῑ́αιῐ̈ν aikī́aiĭ̈n |
αἰκῑ́ῃσῐ / αἰκῑ́ῃσῐν / αἰκῑ́ῃς / αἰκῑ́αις aikī́ēisĭ(n) / aikī́ēis / aikī́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | αἰκῑ́ην aikī́ēn |
αἰκῑ́ᾱ aikī́ā |
αἰκῑ́ᾱς aikī́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἰκῑ́η aikī́ē |
αἰκῑ́ᾱ aikī́ā |
αἰκῖαι aikîai | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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References
- “αἰκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἰκία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰκία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- affront idem, page 17.
- bullying idem, page 103.
- defacement idem, page 203.
- despiteful idem, page 217.
- disfigurement idem, page 233.
- dishonour idem, page 234.
- ill usage idem, page 416.
- indignity idem, page 433.
- injury idem, page 441.
- maiming idem, page 508.
- maltreatment idem, page 510.
- misery idem, page 534.
- misusage idem, page 536.
- mutilation idem, page 548.
- outrage idem, page 582.
- torture idem, page 884.
- treatment idem, page 892.
- unhappiness idem, page 920.
- wretchedness idem, page 993.
- αἰκία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011