ἑστία

See also: Ἑστία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἱστίη (histíē) — Ionic
• ἱστία (histía) — Aeolic, Boeotian, Locrian, Doric, Arcadocypriot

Etymology

Per Beeks, most likely .

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hes.tí.a/
• (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

ἑστίᾰ • (hestía) f (genitive ἑστίᾱς); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἑστῐ́ᾰ; τῆς ἑστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἑστῐ́ᾰ hē hestía	τὼ ἑστῐ́ᾱ tṑ hestíā	αἱ ἑστῐ́αι hai hestíai
Genitive	τῆς ἑστῐ́ᾱς tês hestíās	τοῖν ἑστῐ́αιν toîn hestíain	τῶν ἑστῐῶν tôn hestiôn
Dative	τῇ ἑστῐ́ᾳ têi hestíāi	τοῖν ἑστῐ́αιν toîn hestíain	ταῖς ἑστῐ́αις taîs hestíais
Accusative	τὴν ἑστῐ́ᾰν tḕn hestían	τὼ ἑστῐ́ᾱ tṑ hestíā	τᾱ̀ς ἑστῐ́ᾱς tā̀s hestíās
Vocative	ἑστῐ́ᾰ hestía	ἑστῐ́ᾱ hestíā	ἑστῐ́αι hestíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνέστιος (anéstios)
• Ἑστία (Hestía)
• Ἑστιαῖον (Hestiaîon)
• ἑστίαμα (hestíama)
• ἑστίασις (hestíasis)
• ἑστιάτωρ (hestiátōr)
• ἑστιάω (hestiáō)
• ἑστιόομαι (hestióomai)
• ἕστιος (héstios)
• ἑστιοῦχος (hestioûkhos)
• ἑστιῶτις (hestiôtis)
• ἐφέστιος (ephéstios)
• ὁμέστιος (homéstios)
• συνέστιος (sunéstios)

 

Descendants

• Greek: εστία (estía)

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἑστία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 471-472