Ἄλκηστις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀλκηστής (alkēstḗs, “valiant”) + -ῐς (-is). See ἀλκή (alkḗ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ál.kɛːs.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈal.ke̝s.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈal.cis.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈal.cis.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈal.cis.tis/
Proper noun
Ἄλκηστῐς • (Álkēstis) f (genitive Ἀλκήστῐδος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ἄλκηστῐς hē Álkēstis | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἀλκήστῐδος tês Alkḗstidos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἀλκήστῐδῐ têi Alkḗstidi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἀλκήστῐδᾰ tḕn Alkḗstida | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἄλκηστῐς Álkēstis | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Ἄλκηστις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἄλκηστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000