ἑστία

See also: εστία, ἑστίᾳ, Εστία, Ἑστία, and Ἑστίᾳ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῐ̔στῐ́η (hĭstĭ́ē), ἑστῐ́η (hestĭ́ē) — Epic, Ionic
• ῐ̔στῐ́ᾱ (hĭstĭ́ā) — Boeotian, Locrian, Doric, Arcadocypriot

Etymology

Traditionally connected to Latin Vesta and Sanskrit वस॑ति (vásati, “to abide, dwell”); other theories include a connection with ἐσχάρᾱ (eskhárā, “hearth”) and Proto-Slavic *jestěja (“hearth”). Beekes rejects all these theories and proposes a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hes.tí.aː/ → /esˈti.a/ → /esˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hes.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)esˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /esˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /esˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /esˈti.a/

Noun

ἑστῐ́ᾱ • (hestĭ́ā) f (genitive ἑστῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. hearth; fireplace; altar
2. (figuratively) house; family

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἑστῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἑστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἑστῐ́ᾱ hē hestĭ́ā	τὼ ἑστῐ́ᾱ tṑ hestĭ́ā	αἱ ἑστῐ́αι hai hestĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἑστῐ́ᾱς tês hestĭ́ās	τοῖν ἑστῐ́αιν toîn hestĭ́ain	τῶν ἑστῐῶν tôn hestĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἑστῐ́ᾳ tēî hestĭ́āi	τοῖν ἑστῐ́αιν toîn hestĭ́ain	ταῖς ἑστῐ́αις taîs hestĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἑστῐ́ᾱν tḕn hestĭ́ān	τὼ ἑστῐ́ᾱ tṑ hestĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἑστῐ́ᾱς tā̀s hestĭ́ās
Vocative	ἑστῐ́ᾱ hestĭ́ā	ἑστῐ́ᾱ hestĭ́ā	ἑστῐ́αι hestĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓νέστῐος (ănéstĭos)
• Ἑστῐ́ᾱ (Hestĭ́ā)
• Ἑστῐαῖον (Hestĭaîon)
• ἑστῐ́ᾱμᾰ (hestĭ́āmă)
• ἑστῐ́ᾱσῐς (hestĭ́āsĭs)
• ἑστῐᾱ́τωρ (hestĭā́tōr)
• ἑστῐᾰ́ω (hestĭắō)
• ἑστῐόομαι (hestĭóomai)
• ἕστῐος (héstĭos)
• ἑστῐοῦμαι (hestĭoûmai)
• ἑστῐοῦχος (hestĭoûkhos)
• ἑστῐῶτῐς (hestĭôtĭs)
• ἐφέστῐος (ephéstĭos)
• ὁμέστῐος (homéstĭos)
• σῠνέστῐος (sŭnéstĭos)

Descendants

• Greek: εστία (estía)

Further reading

• ἑστία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑστία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἑστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑστία”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • altar idem, page 25.
  • dwelling idem, page 257.
  • fire-place idem, page 322.
  • fire-side idem, page 322.
  • grate idem, page 370.
  • hearth idem, page 392.
  • house idem, page 408.
  • vesta idem, page 949.
• ἑστία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011