αἴθουσα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

αἰδῶσσα (aidôssa)
αἴθουσσα (aíthoussa)

Etymology

Generally explained as a derivation from αἴθω (aíthō, “to glow”) but this is a folk etymology. Probably the word is from Pre-Greek, due also to the presence of variations.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.tʰoː.sa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tʰu.sa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.θu.sa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.θu.sa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.θu.sa/

Noun

αἴθουσᾰ • (aíthousa) f (genitive αἰθούσης); first declension

(architecture) portico, veranda
poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αἴθουσᾰ; τῆς αἰθούσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἴθουσᾰ hē aíthousa	τὼ αἰθούσᾱ tṑ aithoúsā	αἱ αἴθουσαι hai aíthousai
Genitive	τῆς αἰθούσης tês aithoúsēs	τοῖν αἰθούσαιν toîn aithoúsain	τῶν αἰθουσῶν tôn aithousôn
Dative	τῇ αἰθούσῃ têi aithoúsēi	τοῖν αἰθούσαιν toîn aithoúsain	ταῖς αἰθούσαις taîs aithoúsais
Accusative	τὴν αἴθουσᾰν tḕn aíthousan	τὼ αἰθούσᾱ tṑ aithoúsā	τᾱ̀ς αἰθούσᾱς tā̀s aithoúsās
Vocative	αἴθουσᾰ aíthousa	αἰθούσᾱ aithoúsā	αἴθουσαι aíthousai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

αἴθουσα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
αἴθουσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
αἴθουσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

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