αἰκία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀεικῐ́η (aeikíē) — Ionic

Etymology

Contracted from *ἀεικίᾱ (*aeikíā), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ εἰκός (eikós, “reasonable, fair”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.kí.aː/ → /ɛˈci.a/ → /eˈci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.kí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈci.a/

Noun

αἰκῐ́ᾱ • (aikíā) f (genitive αἰκῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. insult, outrage, affront
2. assault, blow
3. suffering, disgrace, mistreatment, torture

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αἰκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς αἰκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἰκῐ́ᾱ hē aikíā	τὼ αἰκῐ́ᾱ tṑ aikíā	αἱ αἰκῐ́αι hai aikíai
Genitive	τῆς αἰκῐ́ᾱς tês aikíās	τοῖν αἰκῐ́αιν toîn aikíain	τῶν αἰκῐῶν tôn aikiôn
Dative	τῇ αἰκῐ́ᾳ têi aikíāi	τοῖν αἰκῐ́αιν toîn aikíain	ταῖς αἰκῐ́αις taîs aikíais
Accusative	τὴν αἰκῐ́ᾱν tḕn aikíān	τὼ αἰκῐ́ᾱ tṑ aikíā	τᾱ̀ς αἰκῐ́ᾱς tā̀s aikíās
Vocative	αἰκῐ́ᾱ aikíā	αἰκῐ́ᾱ aikíā	αἰκῐ́αι aikíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “αἰκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἰκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αἰκία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰκία 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.
  • affront idem, page 17.
  • bullying idem, page 103.
  • defacement idem, page 203.
  • despiteful idem, page 217.
  • disfigurement idem, page 233.
  • dishonour idem, page 234.
  • ill usage idem, page 416.
  • indignity idem, page 433.
  • injury idem, page 441.
  • maiming idem, page 508.
  • maltreatment idem, page 510.
  • misery idem, page 534.
  • misusage idem, page 536.
  • mutilation idem, page 548.
  • outrage idem, page 582.
  • torture idem, page 884.
  • treatment idem, page 892.
  • unhappiness idem, page 920.
  • wretchedness idem, page 993.