ἀλθήεις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλθέω (althéō) +‎ -εις (-eis)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.tʰɛ̌ː.eːs/ → /alˈθi.is/ → /alˈθi.is/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.tʰɛ̌ː.eːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /alˈtʰe̝.is/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈθi.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈθi.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈθi.is/

Adjective

ἀλθήεις • (althḗeis) m (feminine ἀλθήεσσα, neuter ἀλθήεν); first/third declension

1. of or pertaining to healing, remedying

Declension

First and third declension of ἀλθήεις; ἀλθήεσσᾰ; ἀλθῆεν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀλθήεις althḗeis	ἀλθήεσσᾰ althḗessă	ἀλθῆεν althêen		ἀλθήεντε althḗente	ἀλθηέσσᾱ althēéssā	ἀλθήεντε althḗente		ἀλθήεντες althḗentes	ἀλθήεσσαι althḗessai	ἀλθήεντᾰ althḗentă
Genitive		ἀλθήεντος althḗentos	ἀλθηέσσης althēéssēs	ἀλθήεντος althḗentos		ἀλθηέντοιν althēéntoin	ἀλθηέσσαιν althēéssain	ἀλθηέντοιν althēéntoin		ἀλθηέντων althēéntōn	ἀλθηεσσῶν althēessôn	ἀλθηέντων althēéntōn
Dative		ἀλθήεντῐ althḗentĭ	ἀλθηέσσῃ althēéssēi	ἀλθήεντῐ althḗentĭ		ἀλθηέντοιν althēéntoin	ἀλθηέσσαιν althēéssain	ἀλθηέντοιν althēéntoin		ἀλθήεισῐ / ἀλθήεισῐν althḗeisĭ(n)	ἀλθηέσσαις althēéssais	ἀλθήεισῐ / ἀλθήεισῐν althḗeisĭ(n)
Accusative		ἀλθήεντᾰ althḗentă	ἀλθήεσσᾰν althḗessăn	ἀλθῆεν althêen		ἀλθήεντε althḗente	ἀλθηέσσᾱ althēéssā	ἀλθήεντε althḗente		ἀλθήεντᾰς althḗentăs	ἀλθηέσσᾱς althēéssās	ἀλθήεντᾰ althḗentă
Vocative		ἀλθῆεν althêen	ἀλθήεσσᾰ althḗessă	ἀλθῆεν althêen		ἀλθήεντε althḗente	ἀλθηέσσᾱ althēéssā	ἀλθήεντε althḗente		ἀλθήεντες althḗentes	ἀλθήεσσαι althḗessai	ἀλθήεντᾰ althḗentă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀλθηέντως althēéntōs				ἀλθηέστερος althēésteros				ἀλθηέστᾰτος althēéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀλθαίνω (althaínō)
• ἄλθεξις (álthexis)
• ἀλθεστήρια (althestḗria)
• ἀλθεύς (altheús)
• ἀλθέω (althéō)
• ἄλθησις (álthēsis)
• ἀλθήσκω (althḗskō)
• ἀλθηστήριον (althēstḗrion)
• ἀλθίσκω (althískō)
• ἄλθομαι (álthomai)
• ἄλθος (álthos)
• ἀναλθής (analthḗs)
• ἀπαλθαίνομαι (apalthaínomai)
• ἐπαλθαίνω (epalthaínō)
• ἐπαλθέω (epalthéō)
• ἐπαλθής (epalthḗs)

References

• “ἀλθήεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλθήεις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλθήεις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἀλθήεις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011