ἀήθεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀήθειη (aḗtheiē) — Ionic
• ἀηθία (aēthía)

Etymology

From ἀήθης (aḗthēs, “unaccustomed”) +‎ -εια (-eia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛ̌ː.tʰeː.a/ → /aˈi.θi.a/ → /aˈi.θi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɛ̌ː.tʰeː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈe̝.tʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈi.θi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈi.θi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈi.θi.a/

Noun

ἀήθειᾰ • (aḗtheia) f (genitive ἀηθείᾱς); first declension

1. unaccustomedness, novelty of a situation
2. inexperience of a thing

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀήθειᾰ; τῆς ἀηθείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀήθειᾰ hē aḗtheia	αἱ ἀήθειαι hai aḗtheiai
Genitive	τῆς ἀηθείᾱς tês aētheíās	τῶν ἀηθειῶν tôn aētheiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀηθείᾳ têi aētheíāi	ταῖς ἀηθείαις taîs aētheíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀήθειᾰν tḕn aḗtheian	τᾱ̀ς ἀηθείᾱς tā̀s aētheíās
Vocative	ἀήθειᾰ aḗtheia	ἀήθειαι aḗtheiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀήθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀήθεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀήθεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀήθεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)