αἰκία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀεικῐ́η (aeikíē) — ion

Etymology

Contracted from *ἀεικίᾱ (*aeikíā), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ εἰκός (eikós, “reasonable, fair”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• MFA^(ključ): /ai̯.kí.aː/ → /ɛˈki.a/ → /eˈci.a/

• () MFA^(ključ): /ai̯.kí.aː/
• () MFA^(ključ): /ɛˈki.a/
• () MFA^(ključ): /ɛˈki.a/
• () MFA^(ključ): /eˈci.a/
• () MFA^(ključ): /eˈci.a/

Noun

αἰκία (aikía)

1. insult, outrage, affront
2. assault, blow
3. suffering, disgrace, mistreatment, torture

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αἰκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς αἰκῐ́ᾱς (att)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἰκῐ́ᾱ hē aikíā	τὼ αἰκῐ́ᾱ tṑ aikíā	αἱ αἰκῐ́αι hai aikíai
Genitive	τῆς αἰκῐ́ᾱς tês aikíās	τοῖν αἰκῐ́αιν toîn aikíain	τῶν αἰκῐῶν tôn aikiôn
Dative	τῇ αἰκῐ́ᾳ têi aikíāi	—	ταῖς αἰκῐ́αις taîs aikíais
Accusative	τὴν αἰκῐ́ᾱν tḕn aikíān	—	τᾱ̀ς αἰκῐ́ᾱς tā̀s aikíās
Vocative	—	—	—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “αἰκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἰκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αἰκία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἰκία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affront idem, page 17.
  • bullying idem, page 103.
  • defacement idem, page 203.
  • despiteful idem, page 217.
  • disfigurement idem, page 233.
  • dishonour idem, page 234.
  • ill usage idem, page 416.
  • indignity idem, page 433.
  • injury idem, page 441.
  • maiming idem, page 508.
  • maltreatment idem, page 510.
  • misery idem, page 534.
  • misusage idem, page 536.
  • mutilation idem, page 548.
  • outrage idem, page 582.
  • torture idem, page 884.
  • treatment idem, page 892.
  • unhappiness idem, page 920.
  • wretchedness idem, page 993.