Ἀχαΐα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ᾰ̓χαιĭ̈́η (Akhaiḯē) — Ionic
• Ᾰ̓χαίᾱ (Akhaíā) — Attic
• Ἄχαιϝᾱ (Ákhaiwā)

Etymology

Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀏𐀹𐀊𐀆 (a-ka-wi-ja-de), Hittite 𒄴𒄭𒅀𒉿𒀀 (Aḫḫiyawā). Beekes reconstructs Pre-Greek *Akayʷa-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰaː.í.aː/ → /a.xaˈi.a/ → /a.xaˈi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰaː.í.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰaˈi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.xaˈi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.xaˈi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.xaˈi.a/

Proper noun

Ἀχᾱΐᾱ • (Akhāḯā) f (genitive Ἀχᾱΐᾱς); first declension

1. Achaea, a region on the north coast of the Peloponnese in Greece.
2. Achaea, a province of the Roman Empire, comprising the majority of Greece.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ; τῆς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ hē Akhāḯā	τὼ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ tṑ Akhāḯā	αἱ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαι hai Akhāḯai
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱς tês Akhāḯās	τοῖν Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαιν toîn Akhāḯain	τῶν Ᾰ̓χᾱϊῶν tôn Akhāïôn
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾳ têi Akhāḯāi	τοῖν Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαιν toîn Akhāḯain	ταῖς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαις taîs Akhāḯais
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱν tḕn Akhāḯān	τὼ Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ tṑ Akhāḯā	τᾱ̀ς Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱς tā̀s Akhāḯās
Vocative	Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ Akhāḯā	Ᾰ̓χᾱΐᾱ Akhāḯā	Ᾰ̓χᾱΐαι Akhāḯai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀχαιιάς (Akhaiiás)
• Ἀχαιικός (Akhaiikós)
• Ἀχαιίς (Akhaiís)
• Ἀχαιός (Akhaiós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: Αχαΐα (Achaḯa), Αχαγιά (Achagiá)
• Latin: Achaia

References

• “Ἀχαΐα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Ἀχαΐα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G882 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999