ἰά

See also: -ια, -ιά, -ία, ἴα, and Appendix:Variations of "ia"

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰή (iḗ) — Ionic
• ἰωή (iōḗ)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ǎː/ → /iˈa/ → /iˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈa/

Noun

ῐ̓ᾱ́ • (ĭā́) f (genitive ῐ̓ᾱ́ς); first declension

1. clamor, shout, cry
2. sound, roar

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῐ̓ᾱ́; τῆς ῐ̓ᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̓ᾱ́ hē ĭā́	τὼ ῐ̓ᾱ́ tṑ ĭā́	αἱ ῐ̓αί hai ĭaí
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̓ᾶς tês ĭâs	τοῖν ῐ̓αῖν toîn ĭaîn	τῶν ῐ̓ῶν tôn ĭôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̓ᾷ têi ĭâi	τοῖν ῐ̓αῖν toîn ĭaîn	ταῖς ῐ̓αῖς taîs ĭaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̓ᾱ́ν tḕn ĭā́n	τὼ ῐ̓ᾱ́ tṑ ĭā́	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̓ᾱ́ς tā̀s ĭā́s
Vocative	ῐ̓ᾱ́ ĭā́	ῐ̓ᾱ́ ĭā́	ῐ̓αί ĭaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἰαί (iaí)
• ἰάζω (iázō)

Further reading

• “ἰά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἰά”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἰά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἰά in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Encyclopedia Papyrus-Larousse (1963)