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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ěː.aː/ → /ˈi.a/ → /ˈi.a/
Suffix
-είᾱ • (-eíā) f (genitive -είᾱς); first declension
- Alternative form of -ίᾱ (-íā)
Inflection
Derived terms
Greek
Etymology
A conflation of Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) and -εῖα (-eîa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.a/
- Hyphenation: -εί‧α
Suffix
-εία • (-eía) f
- Used to form feminine nouns, mainly from verbs ending in -εύω (-évo):
- κολακεύω (kolakévo, “flatter”) + -εία (-eía) → κολακεία (kolakeía, “flattery”)
- Some of them, meaning place or building
- πρεσβεύω (presvévo, “ancient sense: be an ambassador”) + -εία (-eía) → πρεσβεία (presveía, “embassy”)
Declension
declension of -εία
| case \ number
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-εία •
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-είες •
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| genitive
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-είας •
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-ειών •
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| accusative
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-εία •
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-είες •
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| vocative
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-εία •
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-είες •
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Derived terms
Suffix
-εία • (-eía) n
- Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of -είο (-eío). of nouns like σχολείο n (scholeío, “school”)
Suffix
-εία • (-eía)
- Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of -ύς (-ýs). of adjectives -ύς, -είς, -ύ like ευθύς (efthýs, “straight”)