-αι

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See also: αι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the pronominal declension.^[1] Displaced -ες (-es) except in the third declension. For the same development, compare Latin -ī.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e/

Suffix

-αι • (-ai) f

nominative/vocative plural of -η (-ē)

See also

-οι (-oi)

References

^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261

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