Ἀδράστεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀδρήστεια (Adrḗsteia) — Ionic

Etymology

ᾰ̓- (ă-) +‎ δρᾱσ- (drās-, “escape”), literally “the inescapable one”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.drǎːs.teː.a/ → /aˈðras.ti.a/ → /aˈðras.ti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.drǎːs.teː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈdras.ti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈðras.ti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈðras.ti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈðras.ti.a/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓δρᾱ́στειᾰ • (Ădrā́steiă) f (genitive Ᾰ̓δρᾱστείᾱς); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Adrastea; Adrasteia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓δρᾱ́στειᾰ; τῆς Ᾰ̓δρᾱστείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓δρᾱ́στειᾰ hē Ădrā́steiă
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓δρᾱστείᾱς tês Ădrāsteíās
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓δρᾱστείᾳ têi Ădrāsteíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓δρᾱ́στειᾰν tḕn Ădrā́steiăn
Vocative	Ᾰ̓δρᾱ́στειᾰ Ădrā́steiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αδράστεια (Adrásteia)
• Latin: Adrāstēa, Adrāsteia

Further reading

• “Ἀδράστεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἀδράστεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἀδράστεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999