ἔνδεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐνδεής (endeḗs, “lacking”) +‎ -ιいおたᾰ (-ia)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /én.deː.a/ → /ˈen.di.a/ → /ˈen.di.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /én.deː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈen.di.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.di.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.di.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈen.di.a/

Noun

ἔνδειᾰ • (éndeia) f (genitive ἐνδείᾱς); first declension

1. lack
2. deficiency, defect

   Antonym: ῠ̔περβολή (huperbolḗ)

3. poverty, famine

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἔνδειᾰ; τたうῆς ἐνδείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔνδειᾰ hē éndeia	τたうὼ ἐνδείᾱ tṑ endeíā	αあるふぁἱ ἔνδειαι hai éndeiai
Genitive	τたうῆς ἐνδείᾱς tês endeíās	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー ἐνδείαιν toîn endeíain	τたうῶνにゅー ἐνδειῶνにゅー tôn endeiôn
Dative	τたうῇ ἐνδείᾳ têi endeíāi	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー ἐνδείαιν toîn endeíain	τたうαあるふぁῖς ἐνδείαις taîs endeíais
Accusative	τたうὴνにゅー ἔνδειᾰνにゅー tḕn éndeian	τたうὼ ἐνδείᾱ tṑ endeíā	τたうᾱ̀ς ἐνδείᾱς tā̀s endeíās
Vocative	ἔνδειᾰ éndeia	ἐνδείᾱ endeíā	ἔνδειαι éndeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἔνδεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔνδεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔνδεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔνδεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)