Ἄλκηστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλκηστής (alkēstḗs, “valiant”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs). See ἀλκή (alkḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ál.kɛːs.tis/ → /ˈal.cis.tis/ → /ˈal.cis.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.kɛːs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ke̝s.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.cis.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.cis.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.cis.tis/

Proper noun

Ἄλκηστῐς • (Álkēstĭs) f (genitive Ἀλκήστῐδος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Alcestis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἄλκηστῐς; τῆς Ἀλκήστῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἄλκηστῐς hē Álkēstĭs
Genitive	τῆς Ἀλκήστῐδος tês Alkḗstĭdos
Dative	τῇ Ἀλκήστῐδῐ tēî Alkḗstĭdĭ
Accusative	τὴν Ἀλκήστῐδᾰ tḕn Alkḗstĭdă
Vocative	Ἄλκηστῐς Álkēstĭs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Descendants

• Greek: Άλκηστις (Álkistis), Άλκηστη (Álkisti)
• Latin: Alcēstis

References

• “Ἄλκηστις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἄλκηστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000