Ζέλεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdé.leː.a/ → /ˈze.li.a/ → /ˈze.li.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdé.leː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈze.li.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈze.li.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈze.li.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈze.li.a/

Proper noun

Ζέλειᾰ • (Zéleia) f (genitive Ζελείᾱς); first declension

1. Zeleia, Troad, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ζέλειᾰ; τῆς Ζελείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ζέλειᾰ hē Zéleia
Genitive	τῆς Ζελείᾱς tês Zeleíās
Dative	τῇ Ζελείᾳ têi Zeleíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ζέλειᾰν tḕn Zéleian
Vocative	Ζέλειᾰ Zéleia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Zeleia

Further reading

• “Ζέλεια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ζέλεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette