Ἀλθαία

See also: ἀλθαία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Ἀλθαίη (Althaíē)

Etymology

From ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, “marsh mallow”) +‎ -ᾱ (-ā).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἀλθαίᾱ • (Althaíā) f (genitive Ἀλθαίᾱς); first declension

  1. Althaea

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ἀλθαίᾱ; τῆς Ἀλθαίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἀλθαίᾱ
hē Althaíā
Genitive τῆς Ἀλθαίᾱς
tês Althaíās
Dative τῇ Ἀλθαίᾳ
têi Althaíāi
Accusative τὴν Ἀλθαίᾱν
tḕn Althaíān
Vocative Ἀλθαίᾱ
Althaíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: Altea
  • English: Althaea, Althea
  • Greek: Αλθαία (Althaía)
  • Latin: Althaea
  • Spanish: Altea
  • Translingual: Althaea

References
  • “Ἀλθαία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἀλθαία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000
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