ἰχθύα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̓χθῠ́η (ĭkhthŭ́ē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ĭkhthū́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰý.aː/ → /ixˈθy.a/ → /ixˈθi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ikʰ.tʰý.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ikʰˈtʰy.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ixˈθy.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ixˈθi.a/

Noun

ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ • (ĭkhthŭ́ā) f (genitive ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς); first declension

1. dried skin of the fish
2. pot (perhaps for pickled fish)
3. fishing, fishery
4. pickled fish

   ταριχηρὰ ἰχθύα ― tarikhērà ikhthúa ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ; τῆς ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ hē ĭkhthŭ́ā	τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ tṑ ĭkhthŭ́ā	αἱ ῐ̓χθῠ́αι hai ĭkhthŭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς tês ĭkhthŭ́ās	τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́αιν toîn ĭkhthŭ́ain	τῶν ῐ̓χθῠῶν tôn ĭkhthŭôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾳ têi ĭkhthŭ́āi	τοῖν ῐ̓χθῠ́αιν toîn ĭkhthŭ́ain	ταῖς ῐ̓χθῠ́αις taîs ĭkhthŭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱν tḕn ĭkhthŭ́ān	τὼ ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ tṑ ĭkhthŭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱς tā̀s ĭkhthŭ́ās
Vocative	ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ ĭkhthŭ́ā	ῐ̓χθῠ́ᾱ ĭkhthŭ́ā	ῐ̓χθῠ́αι ĭkhthŭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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