Εἰλείθυια
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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eː.lěː.tʰyː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈli.tʰy.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈli.θy.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈli.θy.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈli.θi.a/
Proper noun
Εἰλείθυιᾰ • (Eileíthuiă) f (genitive Εἰλειθυίᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Εἰλείθυιᾰ hē Eileíthuiă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Εἰλειθυίᾱς tês Eileithuíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Εἰλειθυίᾳ têi Eileithuíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Εἰλείθυιᾰν tḕn Eileíthuiăn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Εἰλείθυιᾰ Eileíthuiă | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ειλείθυια (Eileíthyia)
- → English: Eileithyia
- → Latin: Īlīthyia, Eileithyia
Further reading
- “Εἰλείθυια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Εἰλείθυια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Εἰλείθυια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Εἰλείθυια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Εἰλείθυια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009