ἀνθρακιά

See also: ανθρακιά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀνθρακιή (anthrakiḗ) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́νθρᾰξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tʰra.ki.ǎː/ → /an.θra.ciˈa/ → /an.θra.ciˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tʰra.ki.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tʰra.kiˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.θra.ciˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.θra.ciˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.θra.ciˈa/

Noun

ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾱ́ • (anthrakiā́) f (genitive ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾶς); first declension

1. a pile of charcoal
2. a charcoal fire
   • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 357–359:

     ὡς ἕτοιμά σοι / ἑφθὰ καὶ ὀπτὰ καὶ ἀνθρακιᾶς ἄπο ⋯ /
     χναύειν, βρύκειν, / κρεοκοπεῖν μέλη ξένων

     hōs hétoimá soi / hephthà kaì optà kaì anthrakiâs ápo ⋯ /
     khnaúein, brúkein, / kreokopeîn mélē xénōn

     So that they are ready for you / - boiled and grilled and from a charcoal fire ... /
     - to gnaw, tear, / slice-and-dice: the limbs of the guests

   • a. AD 893, Photius, Bibliotheca 222.182a:

     Ναὶ δὴ καὶ τὸν (...) ἐπὶ τῆς ἀνθρακιᾶς ὀπτόμενον ἰχθῦν

     Naì dḕ kaì tòn (...) epì tês anthrakiâs optómenon ikhthûn

     Yes, even (...) fish grilling on a charcoal fire

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾱ́; τῆς ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾱ́ hē anthrakiā́	τὼ ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾱ́ tṑ anthrakiā́	αἱ ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐαί hai anthrakiaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾶς tês anthrakiâs	τοῖν ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐαῖν toîn anthrakiaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐῶν tôn anthrakiôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾷ têi anthrakiâi	τοῖν ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐαῖν toîn anthrakiaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐαῖς taîs anthrakiaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾱ́ν tḕn anthrakiā́n	τὼ ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾱ́ tṑ anthrakiā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾱ́ς tā̀s anthrakiā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾱ́ anthrakiā́	ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐᾱ́ anthrakiā́	ᾰ̓νθρᾰκῐαί anthrakiaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ανθρακιά (anthrakiá)

Further reading

• “ἀνθρακιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνθρακιά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνθρακιά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀνθρακιά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀνθρακιά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G439 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• ἀνθρακιά - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.