-αι
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See also: αι
Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the pronominal declension.[1] Displaced -ες (-es) except in the third declension. For the same development, compare Latin -ī.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e/
Suffix[edit]
-αι • (-ai) f
- nominative/vocative plural of -η (-ē)
See also[edit]
- -οι (-oi)
References[edit]
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261