ἰά

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See also: -ια, -ιά, -ία, ἴα, and Appendix:Variations of "ia"

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̓ᾱ́ • (iā́) f (genitive ῐ̓ᾱ́ς); first declension

  1. clamor, shout, cry
  2. sound, roar

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῐ̓ᾱ́; τῆς ῐ̓ᾶς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῐ̓ᾱ́
hē iā́ 		τὼ ῐ̓ᾱ́
tṑ iā́ 		αἱ ῐ̓αί
hai iaí
Genitive τῆς ῐ̓ᾶς
tês iâs 		τοῖν ῐ̓αῖν
toîn iaîn 		τῶν ῐ̓ῶν
tôn iôn
Dative τῇ ῐ̓ᾷ
têi iâi 		τοῖν ῐ̓αῖν
toîn iaîn 		ταῖς ῐ̓αῖς
taîs iaîs
Accusative τὴν ῐ̓ᾱ́ν
tḕn iā́n 		τὼ ῐ̓ᾱ́
tṑ iā́ 		τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓ᾱ́ς
tā̀s iā́s
Vocative ῐ̓ᾱ́
iā́ 		ῐ̓ᾱ́
iā́ 		ῐ̓αί
iaí
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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἰά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 571

Further reading

  • “ἰά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ἰά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ἰά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἰά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἰά in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Encyclopedia Papyrus-Larousse (1963)
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