ἐσχατιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐσχατιή (eskhatiḗ) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

ἔσχατος (éskhatos) +‎ -ιά (-iá)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /es.kʰa.ti.ǎː/ → /es.xa.tiˈa/ → /es.xa.tiˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /es.kʰa.ti.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /es.kʰa.tiˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /es.xa.tiˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /es.xa.tiˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /es.xa.tiˈa/

Noun

ἐσχᾰτῐᾱ́ • (eskhătĭā́) f (genitive ἐσχᾰτῐᾶς); first declension

1. border, edge, remotest part

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐσχᾰτῐᾱ́; τῆς ἐσχᾰτῐᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐσχᾰτῐᾱ́ hē eskhătĭā́	τὼ ἐσχᾰτῐᾱ́ tṑ eskhătĭā́	αἱ ἐσχᾰτῐαί hai eskhătĭaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐσχᾰτῐᾶς tês eskhătĭâs	τοῖν ἐσχᾰτῐαῖν toîn eskhătĭaîn	τῶν ἐσχᾰτῐῶν tôn eskhătĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἐσχᾰτῐᾷ têi eskhătĭâi	τοῖν ἐσχᾰτῐαῖν toîn eskhătĭaîn	ταῖς ἐσχᾰτῐαῖς taîs eskhătĭaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐσχᾰτῐᾱ́ν tḕn eskhătĭā́n	τὼ ἐσχᾰτῐᾱ́ tṑ eskhătĭā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐσχᾰτῐᾱ́ς tā̀s eskhătĭā́s
Vocative	ἐσχᾰτῐᾱ́ eskhătĭā́	ἐσχᾰτῐᾱ́ eskhătĭā́	ἐσχᾰτῐαί eskhătĭaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐσχατιά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐσχατιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐσχατιή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐσχατιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐσχατιά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter