Ἑστία
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Ἑστία. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Ἑστία, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Ἑστία in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Ἑστία you have here. The definition of the word Ἑστία will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofἙστία, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ἑστῐ́ᾱ (hestíā, “hearth”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hes.tí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)esˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /esˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /esˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /esˈti.a/
Proper noun
Ἑστῐ́ᾱ • (Hestíā) f (genitive Ἑστῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “ἑστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἑστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ἑστία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029