ἀποικία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓ποικῐ́η (ăpoikĭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́ποικος (ắpoikos, “colonist”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.poi̯.kí.aː/ → /a.pyˈci.a/ → /a.piˈci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.poi̯.kí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.pyˈki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.pyˈci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.pyˈci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.piˈci.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ • (ăpoikĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Attic, Doric, Koine)

1. colony

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ hē ăpoikĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăpoikĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αι hai ăpoikĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς tês ăpoikĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αιν toîn ăpoikĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓ποικῐῶν tôn ăpoikĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾳ têi ăpoikĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αιν toîn ăpoikĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αις taîs ăpoikĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăpoikĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăpoikĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăpoikĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ ăpoikĭ́ā	ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ ăpoikĭ́ā	ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αι ăpoikĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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