Φθία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Φθῑ́η (Phthī́ē) — Ionic

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰtʰǐː.aː/ → /ˈɸθi.a/ → /ˈfθi.a/

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

Proper noun

Φθῑ́ᾱ • (Phthī́ā) f (genitive Φθῑ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Phthia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Φθῑ́ᾱ; τῆς Φθῑ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φθῑ́ᾱ hē Phthī́ā
Genitive	τῆς Φθῑ́ᾱς tês Phthī́ās
Dative	τῇ Φθῑ́ᾳ têi Phthī́āi
Accusative	τὴν Φθῑ́ᾱν tḕn Phthī́ān
Vocative	Φθῑ́ᾱ Phthī́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φθῑᾰ́ς (Phthīás)
• Φθῑώτης (Phthīṓtēs)
• Φθῑῶτῐς (Phthīôtis)

Descendants

• Greek: Φθία (Fthía)
• → Latin: Phthīa

Further reading

• “Φθία”, 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, page 1,022
• Φθία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette