αἴθυια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἰθυίη (aithuíē), αἰθύη (aithúē) — Ionic

Etymology

Usually derived from αἴθω (aíthō, “to kindle”), comparing αἰθός (aithós, “sparkling, glowing; dark-coloured”). However, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin of the word, in view of the suffix "-υια", found also in ἄγυια (águia, “street, highway”), ἅρπυια (hárpuia, “harpy”) and κώδυια (kṓduia, “head; bulb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tʰyː.a/ → /ˈɛ.θy.a/ → /ˈe.θi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tʰyː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tʰy.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.θy.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.θy.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.θi.a/

Noun

αἴθυιᾰ • (aíthuia) f (genitive αἰθυίᾱς); first declension

1. a diving bird, perhaps the shearwater

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αἴθυιᾰ; τῆς αἰθυίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἴθυιᾰ hē aíthuia	τὼ αἰθυίᾱ tṑ aithuíā	αἱ αἴθυιαι hai aíthuiai
Genitive	τῆς αἰθυίᾱς tês aithuíās	τοῖν αἰθυίαιν toîn aithuíain	τῶν αἰθυιῶν tôn aithuiôn
Dative	τῇ αἰθυίᾳ têi aithuíāi	τοῖν αἰθυίαιν toîn aithuíain	ταῖς αἰθυίαις taîs aithuíais
Accusative	τὴν αἴθυιᾰν tḕn aíthuian	τὼ αἰθυίᾱ tṑ aithuíā	τᾱ̀ς αἰθυίᾱς tā̀s aithuíās
Vocative	αἴθυιᾰ aíthuia	αἰθυίᾱ aithuíā	αἴθυιαι aíthuiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: aethia
  • Translingual: Aethia (genus name)

Further reading

• “αἴθυια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἴθυια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “αἴθυια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αἴθυια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴθυια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• αἴθυια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN