Ἀχαΐα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀏𐀹𐀊𐀆 (a-ka-wi-ja-de), Hittite 𒄴𒄭𒅀𒉿𒀀 (Aḫḫiyawā). Beekes reconstructs Pre-Greek *Akayʷa-.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀχᾱΐᾱ • (Akhāḯā) f (genitive Ἀχᾱΐᾱς); first declension

  1. Achaea, a region on the north coast of the Peloponnese in Greece.
  2. Achaea, a province of the Roman Empire, comprising the majority of Greece.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ; τῆς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
hē Akhāḯā 		τὼ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
tṑ Akhāḯā 		αἱ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαι
hai Akhāḯai
Genitive τῆς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱς
tês Akhāḯās 		τοῖν Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαιν
toîn Akhāḯain 		τῶν Ᾰ̓χᾱϊῶν
tôn Akhāïôn
Dative τῇ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾳ
têi Akhāḯāi 		τοῖν Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαιν
toîn Akhāḯain 		ταῖς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαις
taîs Akhāḯais
Accusative τὴν Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱν
tḕn Akhāḯān 		τὼ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
tṑ Akhāḯā 		τᾱ̀ς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱς
tā̀s Akhāḯās
Vocative Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
Akhāḯā 		Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ
Akhāḯā 		Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαι
Akhāḯai
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Αχαΐα (Achaḯa), Αχαγιά (Achagiá)
  • Latin: Achaia

References

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