ὄα
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hellenic *oiwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ó.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
Noun
ὄᾱ • (óā) f (genitive ὄᾱς); first declension
- the service tree (Sorbus domestica), whose fruit is the sorb apple
- Alternative forms: ὄη (óē), οὔᾱ (oúā)
Declension
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ὄον (óon)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ó.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
Noun
ὄᾱ • (óā)
- nominative/accusative/vocative dual of ὄη (óē)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ó.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.a/
Noun
ὄᾰ • (óă)
- 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