Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- αἶα (aîa) Epic, for the sake of meter
Noun
γαῖᾰ • (gaîa) f (genitive γαίᾱς); first declension
- (poetic) land, country
- earth (material)
- earth (element)
- the Earth (see Γαῖα)
Inflection
First declension of
ἡ γαῖᾰ;
τῆς γαίᾱς
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ἡ γαῖᾰ
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τὼ γαίᾱ
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αἱ γαῖαι
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| Genitive |
τῆς γαίᾱς
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τοῖν γαίαιν
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τῶν γαιῶν
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| Dative |
τῇ γαίᾳ
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τοῖν γαίαιν
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ταῖς γαίαις
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| Accusative |
τὴν γαῖᾰν
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τὼ γαίᾱ
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τᾱ̀ς γαίᾱς
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| Vocative |
γαῖᾰ
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γαίᾱ
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γαῖαι
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| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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Derived terms
- γαιάδας (gaiádas)
- γαίηθεν (gaíēthen)
- γαιήϊος (gaiḗïos)
- γαιήοχος (gaiḗokhos)
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- γαιηφάγος (gaiēphágos)
- γαϊκός (gaïkós)
- γαιονόμος (gaionómos)
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- γαιοφανής (gaiophanḗs)
- γαιόω (gaióō)
- γαιών (gaiṓn)
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References
- γαῖα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαῖα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γαῖα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «γαῖα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- «γαῖα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- «γαῖα» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.