-εία

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See also: -εια, -εῖα, εἴα, and εἶα

Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-είᾱ (-eíāf (genitive -είᾱς); first declension

  1. Alternative form of -ίᾱ (-íā)

Inflection

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Greek

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Etymology

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A conflation of Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) and -εῖα (-eîa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈi.a/
  • Hyphenation: -εί‧α

Suffix

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-εία (-eíaf

  1. Used to form feminine nouns, mainly from verbs ending in -εύω (-évo):
    κολακεύω (kolakévo, flatter) + ‎-εία (-eía) → ‎κολακεία (kolakeía, flattery)
  2. Some of them, meaning place or building
    πρεσβεύω (presvévo, ancient sense: be an ambassador) + ‎-εία (-eía) → ‎πρεσβεία (presveía, embassy)

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Suffix

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-εία (-eían

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of -είο (-eío). of nouns like σχολείο n (scholeío, school)

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-εία (-eía)

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of -ύς (-ýs). of adjectives -ύς, -είς, -ύ like ευθύς (efthýs, straight)