ἐρημία

See also: ερημία and ερημιά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔρημος (érēmos, “lonely”, Attic variant of ἐρῆμος (erêmos)) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Noun

ἐρημίᾱ • (erēmíā) f (genitive ἐρημίᾱς); first declension

1. desert, desolate/uninhabited area, wilderness
2. solitude, loneliness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐρημίᾱ; τῆς ἐρημίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐρημίᾱ hē erēmíā	τὼ ἐρημίᾱ tṑ erēmíā	αἱ ἐρημίαι hai erēmíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐρημίᾱς tês erēmíās	τοῖν ἐρημίαιν toîn erēmíain	τῶν ἐρημιῶν tôn erēmiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐρημίᾳ têi erēmíāi	τοῖν ἐρημίαιν toîn erēmíain	ταῖς ἐρημίαις taîs erēmíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐρημίᾱν tḕn erēmíān	τὼ ἐρημίᾱ tṑ erēmíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐρημίᾱς tā̀s erēmíās
Vocative	ἐρημίᾱ erēmíā	ἐρημίᾱ erēmíā	ἐρημίαι erēmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁ (erēmia)