ἰδέα

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See also: ιδέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Hellenic *widéhā, from Proto-Indo-European *widéseh₂, feminine derivation from *wéydos (whence εἶδος (eîdos)), from *weyd- (“to see”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἰδέᾱ • (idéā) f (genitive ἰδέᾱς); first declension

  1. form, shape
  2. look, appearance, semblance
  3. type, sort, class
  4. style
  5. notion, idea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἰδέᾱ; τῆς ἰδέᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἰδέᾱ
hē idéā 		τὼ ἰδέᾱ
tṑ idéā 		αἱ ἰδέαι
hai idéai
Genitive τῆς ἰδέᾱς
tês idéās 		τοῖν ἰδέαιν
toîn idéain 		τῶν ἰδεῶν
tôn ideôn
Dative τῇ ἰδέᾳ
têi idéāi 		τοῖν ἰδέαιν
toîn idéain 		ταῖς ἰδέαις
taîs idéais
Accusative τὴν ἰδέᾱν
tḕn idéān 		τὼ ἰδέᾱ
tṑ idéā 		τᾱ̀ς ἰδέᾱς
tā̀s idéās
Vocative ἰδέᾱ
idéā 		ἰδέᾱ
idéā 		ἰδέαι
idéai
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: ιδέα (idéa)
  • → Latin: idea (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: иде́я (idéja)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἰδέα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 577

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