Πιθηκοῦσαι
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Πῐθηκοῦσσαι (Pithēkoûssai)
Etymology
From The contracted feminine *πῐθηκόεσσᾰ (*pithēkóessa), from *πῐθηκόεις (*pithēkóeis, “ape-like”), from πῐ́θηκος (píthēkos, “ape”) + -εις (-eis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pi.tʰɛː.kûː.sai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pi.tʰe̝ˈku.sɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pi.θiˈku.sɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pi.θiˈku.se/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.θiˈku.se/
Proper noun
Πιθηκοῦσαι • (Pithēkoûsai) f pl (genitive Πιῐθηκουσῶν); first declension
- Pithecusae; Ischia, Campania, Italy
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | αἱ Πῐθηκοῦσαι hai Pithēkoûsai | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Πῐθηκουσῶν tôn Pithēkousôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ταῖς Πῐθηκούσαις taîs Pithēkoúsais | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Πῐθηκούσᾱς tā̀s Pithēkoúsās | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πῐθηκοῦσαι Pithēkoûsai | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Πιθηκούσες (Pithikoúses)
- Latin: Pithēcūsae
References
- Πιθηκοῦσαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette