θεία

See also: θεῖα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰěː.aː/ → /ˈθi.a/ → /ˈθi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.

Ancient Greek -ια (-ia)

Ancient Greek θεία

Feminine counterpart of θεῖος (theîos, “uncle”).

Noun

θείᾱ • (theíā) f (genitive θείᾱς); first declension

1. aunt

Declension

First declension of ἡ θείᾱ; τῆς θείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θείᾱ hē theíā	τὼ θείᾱ tṑ theíā	αἱ θεῖαι hai theîai
Genitive	τῆς θείᾱς tês theíās	τοῖν θείαιν toîn theíain	τῶν θειῶν tôn theiôn
Dative	τῇ θείᾳ tēî theíāi	τοῖν θείαιν toîn theíain	ταῖς θείαις taîs theíais
Accusative	τὴν θείᾱν tḕn theíān	τὼ θείᾱ tṑ theíā	τᾱ̀ς θείᾱς tā̀s theíās
Vocative	θείᾱ theíā	θείᾱ theíā	θεῖαι theîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• θεῖος (theîos)

Descendants

• Greek: θεία (theía)
• Mariupol Greek: тъы́я (θýja)
• → Latin: thia (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

θείᾱ • (theíā)

1. inflection of θεῖος (theîos, “divine”):
   1. nominative/accusative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative dual feminine

Further reading

• θεία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Alternative forms

• θεια f (theia)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θείᾱ (theíā, “aunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθi.a/
• Hyphenation: θεί‧α

Noun

θεία • (theía) f (plural θείες, masculine θείος)

1. aunt (a sister or sister-in-law of a parent)

Declension

Declension of θεία

	singular	plural
nominative	θεία (theía)	θείες (theíes)
genitive	θείας (theías)	θείων (theíon)
accusative	θεία (theía)	θείες (theíes)
vocative	θεία (theía)	θείες (theíes)

See also

• compare with: θεά f (theá, “goddess”)

Adjective

θεία • (theía)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative feminine singular of θείος (theíos)
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of θείος (theíos)