βασίλεια

See also: βασιλεία and βασίλειον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-ia, feminine ending); see also -εια (-eia). Intervocalic ι (i) developed from a sonorant cluster /wj/, which assimilated to /jj/, then became the second element in the diphthong ει (ei). The formation is thus *βασίλεϝ-ι̯ᾰ (*basílew-i̯a) > *βασίλει̯-ι̯ᾰ (*basílei̯-i̯a) > βασίλειᾰ (basíleia).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.sí.leː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈsi.li.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈsi.li.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈsi.li.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈsi.li.a/

Noun

βασίλειᾰ • (basíleia) f (genitive βασιλείᾱς); first declension

princess, queen, noble woman

Declension

First declension of ἡ βασίλειᾰ; τῆς βασιλείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βασίλειᾰ hē basíleia	τὼ βασιλείᾱ tṑ basileíā	αἱ βασίλειαι hai basíleiai
Genitive	τῆς βασιλείᾱς tês basileíās	τοῖν βασιλείαιν toîn basileíain	τῶν βασιλειῶν tôn basileiôn
Dative	τῇ βασιλείᾳ têi basileíāi	τοῖν βασιλείαιν toîn basileíain	ταῖς βασιλείαις taîs basileíais
Accusative	τὴν βασίλειᾰν tḕn basíleian	τὼ βασιλείᾱ tṑ basileíā	τᾱ̀ς βασιλείᾱς tā̀s basileíās
Vocative	βασίλειᾰ basíleia	βασιλείᾱ basileíā	βασίλειαι basíleiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek

Noun

βασίλεια • (vasíleia) n

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of βασίλειο (vasíleio)

βασίλεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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