ἰδέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἰδέα (later Greek)
• ἰδέη (Ionic)

Etymology

From ἰδεῖν, the infinite of εἶδον, the aorist of the hypothetical verb εἴδω, which only appears in past tense.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /idé.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /idɛ́aː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /iðéa/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /iðéa/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /iðéa/

Noun

ἰδέα (genitive ἰδέας) f, first declension; (ideā)

1. look, appearance, form
2. type, sort, class
3. style

Inflection

First declension of ἰδέᾱ, ἰδέᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰδέᾱ	τὼ ἰδέᾱ	αἱ ἰδέαι
Genitive	τῆς ἰδέᾱς	τοῖν ἰδέαιν	τῶν ἰδεῶν
Dative	τῇ ἰδέᾳ	τοῖν ἰδέαιν	ταῖς ἰδέαις
Accusative	τὴν ἰδέᾱν	τὼ ἰδέᾱ	τὰς ἰδέᾱς
Vocative	ἰδέᾱ	ἰδέᾱ	ἰδέαι

Descendants

English: idea Greek: ιδέα

Latin: idea Russian: идея (idéja) f

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2397