Γαῖα
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡâi̯.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.a/
Proper noun
Γαῖᾰ • (Gaîa) f (genitive Γαίᾱς); first declension
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Γαῖα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Γαῖα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Γαῖα 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 1,011
- Γαῖα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette