Εἰλείθυια

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.lěː.tʰyː.a/ → /iˈli.θy.a/ → /iˈli.θi.a/

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

Proper noun

Εἰλείθυιᾰ • (Eileíthuia) f (genitive Εἰλειθυίᾱς); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Eileithyia

Declension

First declension of ἡ Εἰλείθυιᾰ; τῆς Εἰλειθυίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Εἰλείθυιᾰ hē Eileíthuia
Genitive	τῆς Εἰλειθυίᾱς tês Eileithuíās
Dative	τῇ Εἰλειθυίᾳ têi Eileithuíāi
Accusative	τὴν Εἰλείθυιᾰν tḕn Eileíthuian
Vocative	Εἰλείθυιᾰ Eileíthuia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009