θέαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós) +‎ -αινα (-aina)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰé.ai̯.na/ → /ˈθe.ɛ.na/ → /ˈθe.e.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰé.ai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰe.ɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.ɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.e.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθe.e.na/

Noun

θέαινᾰ • (théaina) f (genitive θεαίνης); first declension

1. (Epic) goddess

   Synonym: θεᾱ́ (theā́)

Declension

First declension of θέαινᾰ; θεαίνης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	θέαινᾰ théaina	θεαίνᾱ theaínā	θέαιναι théainai
Genitive	θεαίνης theaínēs	θεαίναιν / θεαίναιῐν / θεαίνῃῐν theaínai(i)n / theaínēiin	θεαινᾱ́ων / θεαινέ͜ων / θεαινῶν theainā́ōn / theainé͜ōn / theainôn
Dative	θεαίνῃ theaínēi	θεαίναιν / θεαίναιῐν / θεαίνῃῐν theaínai(i)n / theaínēiin	θεαίνῃσῐ / θεαίνῃσῐν / θεαίνῃς / θεαίναις theaínēisi(n) / theaínēis / theaínais
Accusative	θέαινᾰν théainan	θεαίνᾱ theaínā	θεαίνᾱς theaínās
Vocative	θέαινᾰ théaina	θεαίνᾱ theaínā	θέαιναι théainai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “θέαινα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θέαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θέαινα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θέαινα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “θέαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press