ὀβελία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, skewer; obol”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.be.lí.aː/ → /o.βeˈli.a/ → /o.veˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.be.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.beˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.βeˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.veˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.veˈli.a/

Noun

ὀβελῐ́ᾱ • (obelĭ́ā) f (genitive ὀβελῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. tax of an obol

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀβελῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ὀβελῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀβελῐ́ᾱ hē obelĭ́ā	τὼ ὀβελῐ́ᾱ tṑ obelĭ́ā	αἱ ὀβελῐ́αι hai obelĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ὀβελῐ́ᾱς tês obelĭ́ās	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́αιν toîn obelĭ́ain	τῶν ὀβελῐῶν tôn obelĭôn
Dative	τῇ ὀβελῐ́ᾳ têi obelĭ́āi	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́αιν toîn obelĭ́ain	ταῖς ὀβελῐ́αις taîs obelĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ὀβελῐ́ᾱν tḕn obelĭ́ān	τὼ ὀβελῐ́ᾱ tṑ obelĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ὀβελῐ́ᾱς tā̀s obelĭ́ās
Vocative	ὀβελῐ́ᾱ obelĭ́ā	ὀβελῐ́ᾱ obelĭ́ā	ὀβελῐ́αι obelĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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