ἱλάειρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔λᾰρός (hĭlărós, “cheerful”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ĭă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.lá.eː.ra/ → /iˈla.i.ra/ → /iˈla.i.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.lá.eː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈla.i.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈla.i.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈla.i.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈla.i.ra/

Noun

ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ • (hĭlắeiră) f (genitive ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς); first declension

1. something mildly shining
   • Emped. 243
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.920C

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ; τῆς ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ hē hĭlắeiră	τὼ ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱ tṑ hĭlăeírā	αἱ ῐ̔λᾰ́ειραι hai hĭlắeirai
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς tês hĭlăeírās	τοῖν ῐ̔λᾰείραιν toîn hĭlăeírain	τῶν ῐ̔λᾰειρῶν tôn hĭlăeirôn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̔λᾰείρᾳ têi hĭlăeírāi	τοῖν ῐ̔λᾰείραιν toîn hĭlăeírain	ταῖς ῐ̔λᾰείραις taîs hĭlăeírais
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰν tḕn hĭlắeirăn	τὼ ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱ tṑ hĭlăeírā	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱς tā̀s hĭlăeírās
Vocative	ῐ̔λᾰ́ειρᾰ hĭlắeiră	ῐ̔λᾰείρᾱ hĭlăeírā	ῐ̔λᾰ́ειραι hĭlắeirai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἱλάειρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἱλάειρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette