αἰκία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀεικῐ́η (aeikĭ́ē) — Ionic
• ἀεικείη (aeikeíē) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.kí.aː/ → /ɛˈci.a/ → /eˈci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.kí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈci.a/

Noun

αἰκῐ́ᾱ • (aikĭ́ā) f (genitive αἰκῐ́ᾱς); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αἰκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς αἰκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἰκῐ́ᾱ hē aikĭ́ā	τὼ αἰκῐ́ᾱ tṑ aikĭ́ā	αἱ αἰκῐ́αι hai aikĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς αἰκῐ́ᾱς tês aikĭ́ās	τοῖν αἰκῐ́αιν toîn aikĭ́ain	τῶν αἰκῐῶν tôn aikĭôn
Dative	τῇ αἰκῐ́ᾳ tēî aikĭ́āi	τοῖν αἰκῐ́αιν toîn aikĭ́ain	ταῖς αἰκῐ́αις taîs aikĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν αἰκῐ́ᾱν tḕn aikĭ́ān	τὼ αἰκῐ́ᾱ tṑ aikĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς αἰκῐ́ᾱς tā̀s aikĭ́ās
Vocative	αἰκῐ́ᾱ aikĭ́ā	αἰκῐ́ᾱ aikĭ́ā	αἰκῐ́αι aikĭ́ai
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 (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, 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.
• αἰκία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011