-εία

See also: -εια, -εῖα, εἴα, and εἶα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Suffix

-είᾱ • (-eíā) f (genitive -είᾱς); first declension

  1. Alternative form of -ίᾱ (-íā)

Inflection
First declension of -είᾱ; -είᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -είᾱ
-eíā		 -είᾱ
-eíā		 -εῖαι
-eîai
Genitive -είᾱς
-eíās		 -είαιν
-eíain		 -ειῶν
-eiôn
Dative -είᾳ
-eíāi		 -είαιν
-eíain		 -είαις
-eíais
Accusative -είᾱν
-eíān		 -είᾱ
-eíā		 -είᾱς
-eíās
Vocative -είᾱ
-eíā		 -είᾱ
-eíā		 -εῖαι
-eîai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -εία

Greek

Etymology

A conflation of Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) and -εῖα (-eîa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.a/
  • Hyphenation: -εί‧α

Suffix

-εία • (-eía) f

  1. Used to form feminine nouns, mainly from verbs ending in -εύω (-évo):
    ‎κολακεύω (kolakévo, “flatter”) + ‎-εία (-eía) → ‎κολακεία (kolakeía, “flattery”)
  2. Some of them, meaning place or building
    ‎πρεσβεύω (presvévo, “ancient sense: be an ambassador”) + ‎-εία (-eía) → ‎πρεσβεία (presveía, “embassy”)

Declension
declension of -εία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative -εία • -είες •
genitive -είας • -ειών •
accusative -εία • -είες •
vocative -εία • -είες •

Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -εία

Suffix

-εία • (-eía) n

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of -είο (-eío). of nouns like σχολείο n (scholeío, “school”)

Suffix

-εία • (-eía)

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of -ύς (-ýs). of adjectives -ύς, -είς, -ύ like ευθύς (efthýs, “straight”)
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