γράα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an Indo-Aryan word related to Sanskrit ग्रह (graha, “crocodile”, literally “seizing, holding, catching, receiving”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡrá.aː/ → /ˈɣra.a/ → /ˈɣra.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡrá.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣra.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣra.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣra.a/

Noun

γράᾱ • (gráā) f (genitive γράᾱς); first declension

1. kind of water snake mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γράᾱ; τῆς γράᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γράᾱ hē gráā	τὼ γράᾱ tṑ gráā	αἱ γράαι hai gráai
Genitive	τῆς γράᾱς tês gráās	τοῖν γράαιν toîn gráain	τῶν γραῶν tôn graôn
Dative	τῇ γράᾳ têi gráāi	τοῖν γράαιν toîn gráain	ταῖς γράαις taîs gráais
Accusative	τὴν γράᾱν tḕn gráān	τὼ γράᾱ tṑ gráā	τᾱ̀ς γράᾱς tā̀s gráās
Vocative	γράᾱ gráā	γράᾱ gráā	γράαι gráai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “γράα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γράα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γράα 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