ἄδεια

See also: άδεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀδεής (adeḗs, “fearless”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ĭă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.deː.a/ → /ˈa.ði.a/ → /ˈa.ði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.deː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.di.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ði.a/

Noun

ἄδειᾰ • (ádeiă) f (genitive ἀδείᾱς); first declension

1. freedom from fear, security
2. safe conduct, amnesty, indemnity
3. licence, permit

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἄδειᾰ; τῆς ἀδείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄδειᾰ hē ádeiă	τὼ ἀδείᾱ tṑ adeíā	αἱ ἄδειαι hai ádeiai
Genitive	τῆς ἀδείᾱς tês adeíās	τοῖν ἀδείαιν toîn adeíain	τῶν ἀδειῶν tôn adeiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀδείᾳ têi adeíāi	τοῖν ἀδείαιν toîn adeíain	ταῖς ἀδείαις taîs adeíais
Accusative	τὴν ἄδειᾰν tḕn ádeiăn	τὼ ἀδείᾱ tṑ adeíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀδείᾱς tā̀s adeíās
Vocative	ἄδειᾰ ádeiă	ἀδείᾱ adeíā	ἄδειαι ádeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άδεια (ádeia)

Further reading

• “ἄδεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄδεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄδεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄδεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)