ὄα

See also: ὄᾳ, ὀά, and ὀᾶ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *oiwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.aː/ → /ˈo.a/ → /ˈo.a/

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

Noun

ὄᾱ • (óā) f (genitive ὄᾱς); first declension

1. the service tree (Sorbus domestica), whose fruit is the sorb apple

   Alternative forms: ὄη (óē), οὔᾱ (oúā)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὄᾱ; τῆς ὄᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄᾱ hē óā	τὼ ὄᾱ tṑ óā	αἱ ὄαι hai óai
Genitive	τῆς ὄᾱς tês óās	τοῖν ὄαιν toîn óain	τῶν ὀῶν tôn oôn
Dative	τῇ ὄᾳ tēî óāi	τοῖν ὄαιν toîn óain	ταῖς ὄαις taîs óais
Accusative	τὴν ὄᾱν tḕn óān	τὼ ὄᾱ tṑ óā	τᾱ̀ς ὄᾱς tā̀s óās
Vocative	ὄᾱ óā	ὄᾱ óā	ὄαι óai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ὄον (óon)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.aː/ → /ˈo.a/ → /ˈo.a/

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

Noun

ὄᾱ • (óā)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative dual of ὄη (óē)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.a/ → /ˈo.a/ → /ˈo.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.a/

Noun

ὄᾰ • (óă)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ὄον (óon)

References

• “ὄα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette