ἀγγελία

See also: αγγελία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀγγελίη (angelíē) — Ionic, Epic

Etymology

From ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡe.lí.aː/ → /aɲ.ɟeˈli.a/ → /aɲ.ɟeˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡe.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡeˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟeˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟeˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟeˈli.a/

Noun

ἀγγελῐ́ᾱ • (angelĭ́ā) f (genitive ἀγγελῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. message, news, report
2. Also, the substance or means of such communication
3. instruction, command

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀγγελῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀγγελῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγγελῐ́ᾱ hē angelĭ́ā	τὼ ἀγγελῐ́ᾱ tṑ angelĭ́ā	αἱ ἀγγελῐ́αι hai angelĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἀγγελῐ́ᾱς tês angelĭ́ās	τοῖν ἀγγελῐ́αιν toîn angelĭ́ain	τῶν ἀγγελῐῶν tôn angelĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἀγγελῐ́ᾳ têi angelĭ́āi	τοῖν ἀγγελῐ́αιν toîn angelĭ́ain	ταῖς ἀγγελῐ́αις taîs angelĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἀγγελῐ́ᾱν tḕn angelĭ́ān	τὼ ἀγγελῐ́ᾱ tṑ angelĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἀγγελῐ́ᾱς tā̀s angelĭ́ās
Vocative	ἀγγελῐ́ᾱ angelĭ́ā	ἀγγελῐ́ᾱ angelĭ́ā	ἀγγελῐ́αι angelĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: αγγελία (angelía) (learned)

References

• “ἀγγελία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγγελία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀγγελία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀγγελία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀγγελία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G31 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • announcement idem, page 30.
  • communication idem, page 149.
  • errand idem, page 281.
  • information idem, page 439.
  • message idem, page 526.
  • news idem, page 557.
  • report idem, page 697.
  • tidings idem, page 874.
  • word idem, page 987.