Βαΐαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Baiae.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.í.ai̯/ → /βaˈi.ɛ/ → /vaˈi.e/

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

Proper noun

Βαΐαι • (Baḯai) f pl (genitive Βαϊῶν); first declension

1. Baiae; Baia, Italy

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Βᾰῐ̈́αι; τῶν Βᾰῐ̈ῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Βᾰῐ̈́αι hai Baḯai
Genitive	τῶν Βᾰῐ̈ῶν tôn Baïôn
Dative	ταῖς Βᾰῐ̈́αις taîs Baḯais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Βᾰῐ̈́ᾱς tā̀s Baḯās
Vocative	Βᾰῐ̈́αι Baḯai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βαΐαι (Vaḯai); Βαΐες (Vaḯes)

Further reading

• Βαΐαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004