ἐκτένεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ἐκτενής (ektenḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.té.neː.a/ → /ekˈte.ni.a/ → /ekˈte.ni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.té.neː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ekˈte.ni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ekˈte.ni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ekˈte.ni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ekˈte.ni.a/

Noun

ἐκτένεια • (ekténeia) f (genitive ἐκτενειας); first declension

1. (properly) extension
2. (figuratively) strenuousness, intentness, perseverance, zeal
3. (Christianity) a litany in the Byzantine Rite

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐκτένειᾰ; τῆς ἐκτενείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐκτένειᾰ hē ekténeia	τὼ ἐκτενείᾱ tṑ ekteneíā	αἱ ἐκτένειαι hai ekténeiai
Genitive	τῆς ἐκτενείᾱς tês ekteneíās	τοῖν ἐκτενείαιν toîn ekteneíain	τῶν ἐκτενειῶν tôn ekteneiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐκτενείᾳ têi ekteneíāi	τοῖν ἐκτενείαιν toîn ekteneíain	ταῖς ἐκτενείαις taîs ekteneíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐκτένειᾰν tḕn ekténeian	τὼ ἐκτενείᾱ tṑ ekteneíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐκτενείᾱς tā̀s ekteneíās
Vocative	ἐκτένειᾰ ekténeia	ἐκτενείᾱ ekteneíā	ἐκτένειαι ekténeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Church Slavonic: ектенїѧ (ekteniję)
• → English: ektenia
• → Romanian: ectenie

Further reading

• G1616 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible