θεία

See also: θεῖα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰěː.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a/

Etymology 1

Feminine counterpart of θεῖος (theîos, “uncle”).^[1]

Noun

θείᾱ • (theíā) f (genitive θείᾱς); first declension

aunt

Declension

First declension of ἡ θείᾱ; τῆς θείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θείᾱ hē theíā	τὼ θείᾱ tṑ theíā	αἱ θεῖαι hai theîai
Genitive	τῆς θείᾱς tês theíās	τοῖν θείαιν toîn theíain	τῶν θειῶν tôn theiôn
Dative	τῇ θείᾳ têi theíāi	τοῖν θείαιν toîn theíain	ταῖς θείαις taîs theíais
Accusative	τὴν θείᾱν tḕn theíān	τὼ θείᾱ tṑ theíā	τᾱ̀ς θείᾱς tā̀s theíās
Vocative	θείᾱ theíā	θείᾱ theíā	θεῖαι theîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

θεῖος (theîos)

Descendants

→ Latin: thia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

θείᾱ • (theíā)

inflection of θεῖος (theîos, “divine”):
1. nominative/accusative singular feminine
2. nominative/accusative/vocative dual feminine

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θεῖος (> DER θεία)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 537

Greek

Alternative forms

θεια f (theia)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θείᾱ (theíā, “aunt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a/
Hyphenation: θεί‧α

Noun

θεία • (theía) f (plural θείες, masculine θείος)

aunt (a sister or sister-in-law of a parent)

Declension

Declension of θεία

	singular	plural
nominative	θεία •	θείες •
genitive	θείας •	θείων •
accusative	θεία •	θείες •
vocative	θεία •	θείες •

Adjective

θεία • (theía)

Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of θείος (theíos).
Nominative, accusative and vocative neuter plural form of θείος (theíos).

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θεῖος (> DER θεία)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 537

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θεία

Contents

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

References

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

See also

Adjective

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