ἄττα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /át.ta/ → /ˈat.ta/ → /ˈa.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /át.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈat.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈat.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈat.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ta/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *átta, from Proto-Indo-European *átta. Cognates include Hittite 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (attas), Latin atta, Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta) and Old Church Slavonic отьць (otĭcĭ).

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓́ππᾰ (ắppă), ᾰ̓́πφᾰ (ắpphă), ᾰ̓πφᾰ́ (ăpphắ), πᾰ́ππᾱς (pắppās)

Noun

ᾰ̓́ττᾰ • (ắttă) m (indeclinable)

1. father; a mode of address by a younger to an elder

   προσφώνησις νεωτέρου πρὸς πρεσβύτερον. ἄττα γέρον (Suda)

Etymology 2

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂ with ᾰ̓́- (ắ-) perhaps from metanalysis of such expressions as πολλά σσα > πολλ'ἄσσα.

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓́σσᾰ (ắssă) — Ionic
• τῐνᾰ́ (tĭnắ)

Pronoun

ἄττα • (átta) (Attic)

1. neuter nominative/accusative plural of τῐς (tĭs)

Related terms

• ᾰ̔́ττᾰ (hắttă)

Further reading

• “ἄττα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄττα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄττα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄττα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄττα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄττα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920), “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 334