ἀποικία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓ποικῐ́η (apoikíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́ποικος (ápoikos, “colonist”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.poi̯.kí.aː/ → /a.pyˈci.a/ → /a.piˈci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.poi̯.kí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.pyˈki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.pyˈci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.pyˈci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.piˈci.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ • (apoikíā) f (genitive ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Attic, Doric, Koine)

1. colony

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ hē apoikíā	τὼ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ tṑ apoikíā	αἱ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αι hai apoikíai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς tês apoikíās	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αιν toîn apoikíain	τῶν ᾰ̓ποικῐῶν tôn apoikiôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾳ têi apoikíāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αιν toîn apoikíain	ταῖς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αις taîs apoikíais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱν tḕn apoikíān	τὼ ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ tṑ apoikíā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱς tā̀s apoikíās
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ apoikíā	ᾰ̓ποικῐ́ᾱ apoikíā	ᾰ̓ποικῐ́αι apoikíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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