αἶσα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“to give, take”), whence also αἰτέω (aitéō, “to ask for, beg”) and *αἶτος (*aîtos, “something given: allotment, share”), + the suffix +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia). Cognate with Oscan aitis (“part, portion”);[1] likely related to οἶτος (oîtos). For a semantic parallel (from a different root), compare Proto-Germanic *hlutą (“lot; fate”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αἶσᾰ • (aîsa) f (genitive αἴσης); first declension

  1. destiny, fate
    Synonyms: μοῖρα (moîra), οἶτος (oîtos), τύχη (túkhē)
  2. (personified) a goddess of destiny
  3. portion, morsel

Declension

First declension of ἡ αἶσᾰ; τῆς αἴσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ αἶσᾰ
hē aîsa 		τὼ αἴσᾱ
tṑ aísā 		αἱ αἶσαι
hai aîsai
Genitive τῆς αἴσης
tês aísēs 		τοῖν αἴσαιν
toîn aísain 		τῶν αἰσῶν
tôn aisôn
Dative τῇ αἴσῃ
têi aísēi 		τοῖν αἴσαιν
toîn aísain 		ταῖς αἴσαις
taîs aísais
Accusative τὴν αἶσᾰν
tḕn aîsan 		τὼ αἴσᾱ
tṑ aísā 		τᾱ̀ς αἴσᾱς
tā̀s aísās
Vocative αἶσᾰ
aîsa 		αἴσᾱ
aísā 		αἶσαι
aîsai
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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἶσα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 43

Further reading

  • “αἶσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • αἶσα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “αἶσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • doom idem, page 247.
    • fate idem, page 309.
    • lot idem, page 501.
  • “αἶσα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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