Ἀδράστεια
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἀδρήστεια (Adrḗsteia) — Ionic
Etymology
ᾰ̓- (a-) + δρᾱσ- (drās-, “escape”), literally “the inescapable one”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.drǎːs.teː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈdras.ti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈðras.ti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈðras.ti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈðras.ti.a/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓δρᾱ́στειᾰ • (Adrā́steia) f (genitive Ᾰ̓δρᾱστείᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ᾰ̓δρᾱ́στειᾰ hē Adrā́steia | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ᾰ̓δρᾱστείᾱς tês Adrāsteíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ᾰ̓δρᾱστείᾳ têi Adrāsteíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ᾰ̓δρᾱ́στειᾰν tḕn Adrā́steian | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ᾰ̓δρᾱ́στειᾰ Adrā́steia | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Αδράστεια (Adrásteia)
- Latin: Adrāstēa, Adrāsteia
Further reading
- “Ἀδράστεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἀδράστεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ἀδράστεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999
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