ἀρτίαλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. Connection with ἄρτιος (ártios, “complete, suitable”), with a suffix -αλο-, has been suggested.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.tí.a.la/ → /arˈti.a.la/ → /arˈti.a.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.tí.a.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈti.a.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈti.a.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈti.a.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈti.a.la/

Noun

ἀρτῐ́ᾰλᾰ • (artíala) n pl (genitive ἀρτῐᾰ́λων); second declension

1. earrings

   Synonyms: ἐνώτῐον (enṓtion), πλᾰ́στρον (plástron)

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἀρτῐ́ᾰλᾰ; τῶν ἀρτῐᾰ́λων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ἀρτῐ́ᾰλᾰ tà artíala
Genitive	τῶν ἀρτῐᾰ́λων tôn artiálōn
Dative	τοῖς ἀρτῐᾰ́λοις toîs artiálois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ἀρτῐ́ᾰλᾰ tà artíala
Vocative	ἀρτῐ́ᾰλᾰ artíala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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