κολοιτέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κοιλώτεα (koilṓtea), κολωτέα (kolōtéa)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of κολοιτία (koloitía, “Cytisus aeolicus”), influenced by ἰτέα (itéa, “willow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.loi̯.té.aː/ → /ko.lyˈte.a/ → /ko.liˈte.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.loi̯.té.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.lyˈte.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.lyˈte.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.lyˈte.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.liˈte.a/

Noun

κολοιτέᾱ • (koloitéā) f (genitive κολοιτέᾱς); first declension

1. grey sallow (Salix cinerea)

Declension

First declension of ἡ κολοιτέᾱ; τῆς κολοιτέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κολοιτέᾱ hē koloitéā	τὼ κολοιτέᾱ tṑ koloitéā	αἱ κολοιτέαι hai koloitéai
Genitive	τῆς κολοιτέᾱς tês koloitéās	τοῖν κολοιτέαιν toîn koloitéain	τῶν κολοιτεῶν tôn koloiteôn
Dative	τῇ κολοιτέᾳ têi koloitéāi	τοῖν κολοιτέαιν toîn koloitéain	ταῖς κολοιτέαις taîs koloitéais
Accusative	τὴν κολοιτέᾱν tḕn koloitéān	τὼ κολοιτέᾱ tṑ koloitéā	τᾱ̀ς κολοιτέᾱς tā̀s koloitéās
Vocative	κολοιτέᾱ koloitéā	κολοιτέᾱ koloitéā	κολοιτέαι koloitéai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κολοιτέα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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