Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Αἰθᾰ́λη ‎(Aithálē), Αἰθᾰλῐ́ᾱ ‎(Aithalíā), Αἰθᾰλῐ́η ‎(Aithalíē), Αἴθλη ‎(Aíthlē)

Proper noun

Αἰθᾰ́λειᾰ • ‎(Aitháleia) f ‎(genitive Αἰθᾰλείᾱς); first declension

1. Elba (the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, in the Tyrrhenian Sea)
   • Scyl., Per. 6
   • Hecat., 59
   • Philist., 21
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Marvellous Things Heard 837.b.26
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Marvellous Things Heard 839.b.20
   • Timae., 85
   • 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 4.654
   • 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Library 5.13
   • 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Library 11.88
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 2.5.19
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 5.2.6
   • Herenn.Phil., 28
   • 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Geography 3.1.69
2. Synonym of Λῆμνος ‎(Lêmnos) (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 34.11.4
   • 1 CE – 200 CE, Aelius Herodianus, On Peculiar Style 2.470
3. Synonym of Χίος ‎(Khíos) (Chios: an island in the eastern Aegaean Sea)
   • St.Byz.
   • Sud.
   • Theognost., Can. 9

Declension

Derived terms

• Αἰθαλείτης ‎(Aithaleítēs)
• Αἰθᾰλίδης ‎(Aithalídēs)
• Αἰθᾰλίων ‎(Aithalíōn)

Descendants

• Latin: Aethalia

References

• «Αἰθάλεια» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)