ὀβελία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, skewer; obol”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.be.lí.aː/ → /o.βeˈli.a/ → /o.veˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.be.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.beˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.βeˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.veˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.veˈli.a/

Noun

ὀβελῐ́ᾱ • (obelíā) f (genitive ὀβελῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. tax of an obol

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀβελῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ὀβελῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀβελῐ́ᾱ hē obelíā	τὼ ὀβελῐ́ᾱ tṑ obelíā	αἱ ὀβελῐ́αι hai obelíai
Genitive	τῆς ὀβελῐ́ᾱς tês obelíās	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́αιν toîn obelíain	τῶν ὀβελῐῶν tôn obeliôn
Dative	τῇ ὀβελῐ́ᾳ têi obelíāi	τοῖν ὀβελῐ́αιν toîn obelíain	ταῖς ὀβελῐ́αις taîs obelíais
Accusative	τὴν ὀβελῐ́ᾱν tḕn obelíān	τὼ ὀβελῐ́ᾱ tṑ obelíā	τᾱ̀ς ὀβελῐ́ᾱς tā̀s obelíās
Vocative	ὀβελῐ́ᾱ obelíā	ὀβελῐ́ᾱ obelíā	ὀβελῐ́αι obelíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀβελία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press