ῥοδέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῥοδέη (rhodéē) — Ionic
• ῥοδῆ (rhodê) — poetic

Etymology

ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) +‎ -έα (-éa, “tree-forming suffix”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥o.dé.aː/ → /roˈðe.a/ → /roˈðe.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥o.dé.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roˈde.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roˈðe.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roˈðe.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roˈðe.a/

Noun

ῥοδέᾱ • (rhodéā) f (genitive ῥοδέᾱς); first declension

1. rose-bush

Inflection

First declension of τὸ ῥοδέᾱ; τοῦ ῥοδέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥοδέᾱ tò rhodéā	τὼ ῥοδέᾱ tṑ rhodéā	τᾰ̀ ῥοδέαι tằ rhodéai
Genitive	τοῦ ῥοδέᾱς toû rhodéās	τοῖν ῥοδέαιν toîn rhodéain	τῶν ῥοδεῶν tôn rhodeôn
Dative	τῷ ῥοδέᾳ tôi rhodéāi	τοῖν ῥοδέαιν toîn rhodéain	τοῖς ῥοδέαις toîs rhodéais
Accusative	τὸ ῥοδέᾱν tò rhodéān	τὼ ῥοδέᾱ tṑ rhodéā	τᾰ̀ ῥοδέᾱς tằ rhodéās
Vocative	ῥοδέᾱ rhodéā	ῥοδέᾱ rhodéā	ῥοδέαι rhodéai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of τὸ ῥοδέη; τοῦ ῥοδέης (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥοδέη tò rhodéē	τὼ ῥοδέᾱ tṑ rhodéā	τᾰ̀ ῥοδέαι tằ rhodéai
Genitive	τοῦ ῥοδέης toû rhodéēs	τοῖν ῥοδέαιν toîn rhodéain	τῶν ῥοδεέων / ῥοδεῶν tôn rhodeéōn / rhodeôn
Dative	τῷ ῥοδέῃ tôi rhodéēi	τοῖν ῥοδέαιν toîn rhodéain	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν ῥοδέῃσῐ / ῥοδέῃσῐν toîsĭ(n) rhodéēisĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥοδέην tò rhodéēn	τὼ ῥοδέᾱ tṑ rhodéā	τᾰ̀ ῥοδέᾱς tằ rhodéās
Vocative	ῥοδέη rhodéē	ῥοδέᾱ rhodéā	ῥοδέαι rhodéai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

First declension of τὸ ῥοδῆ; τοῦ ῥοδῆς (Contracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥοδῆ tò rhodê	τὼ ῥοδᾶ tṑ rhodâ	τᾰ̀ ῥοδαῖ / ῥοδέαι tằ rhodaî / rhodéai
Genitive	τοῦ ῥοδῆς toû rhodês	τοῖν ῥοδαῖν toîn rhodaîn	τῶν ῥοδῶν / ῥοδεῶν tôn rhodôn / rhodeôn
Dative	τῷ ῥοδῇ tôi rhodêi	τοῖν ῥοδαῖν toîn rhodaîn	τοῖς ῥοδαῖς toîs rhodaîs
Accusative	τὸ ῥοδῆν tò rhodên	τὼ ῥοδᾶ tṑ rhodâ	τᾰ̀ ῥοδᾶς / ῥοδέᾱς tằ rhodâs / rhodéās
Vocative	ῥοδῆ rhodê	ῥοδᾶ rhodâ	ῥοδαῖ / ῥοδέαι rhodaî / rhodéai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ῥοδῆ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ῥοδέα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette