καλοκαιρία

See also: καλοκαίρια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κᾰλός (kalós) +‎ καιρός (kairós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lo.kai̯.rí.aː/ → /ka.lo.cɛˈri.a/ → /ka.lo.ceˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.kai̯.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.kɛˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.cɛˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.ceˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.ceˈri.a/

Noun

κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱ • (kalokairíā) f (genitive κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Synonym of εὐετηρῐ́ᾱ (euetēríā)
   • Melamp. 30.D.
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱ hē kalokairíā	τὼ κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱ tṑ kalokairíā	αἱ κᾰλοκαιρῐ́αι hai kalokairíai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱς tês kalokairíās	τοῖν κᾰλοκαιρῐ́αιν toîn kalokairíain	τῶν κᾰλοκαιρῐῶν tôn kalokairiôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾳ têi kalokairíāi	τοῖν κᾰλοκαιρῐ́αιν toîn kalokairíain	ταῖς κᾰλοκαιρῐ́αις taîs kalokairíais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱν tḕn kalokairíān	τὼ κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱ tṑ kalokairíā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kalokairíās
Vocative	κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱ kalokairíā	κᾰλοκαιρῐ́ᾱ kalokairíā	κᾰλοκαιρῐ́αι kalokairíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰλοκαιρῐᾱνός m (kalokairiānós)

Further reading

• “κᾰλοκαιρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press