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ἵ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sih₂. Cognates include Gothic 𐍃𐌹 (si) and Old Irish sí.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ἵ • (hí)
- (anaphoric, reflexive) she (nominative of οὗ (hoû))
Inflection
Irregular declension of
ἵ; — (
Attic)
References
- “ἵ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἵ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἵ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 571