-αι

See also: αι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the pronominal declension. Displaced -ες (-es) except in the third declension. For the same development, compare Latin -ī.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯/ → /ɛ/ → /e/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e/

Suffix

-αι • (-ai) f

1. nominative/vocative plural of -η (-ē)

See also

• -οι (-oi)