Ζέλεια
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdé.leː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈze.li.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈze.li.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈze.li.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈze.li.a/
Proper noun
Ζέλειᾰ • (Zéleiă) f (genitive Ζελείᾱς); first declension
Inflection
Descendants
- → Latin: Zeleia
Further reading
- “Ζέλεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ζέλεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette