Λίλαια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lí.lai̯.a/ → /ˈli.lɛ.a/ → /ˈli.le.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lí.lai̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.lɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.lɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.le.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.le.a/

Proper noun

Λίλαιᾰ • (Lílaia) f (genitive Λῐλαίᾱς); first declension

1. Lilaea, Phocis, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λίλαιᾰ; τῆς Λιλαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λίλαιᾰ hē Lílaia
Genitive	τῆς Λιλαίᾱς tês Lilaíās
Dative	τῇ Λιλαίᾳ têi Lilaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Λίλαιᾰν tḕn Lílaian
Vocative	Λίλαιᾰ Lílaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Lilaea

Further reading

• “Λίλαια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Λίλαια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette