ἑστία

See also: Ἑστία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Per Beeks, most likely Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἑστίᾰ • (hestía) f (genitive ἑστίᾱς); first declension

  1. hearth, fireplace, altar
  2. (figuratively) house, family

Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἑστῐ́ᾰ; τῆς ἑστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἑστῐ́ᾰ
hē hestía		 τὼ ἑστῐ́ᾱ
tṑ hestíā		 αἱ ἑστῐ́αι
hai hestíai
Genitive τῆς ἑστῐ́ᾱς
tês hestíās		 τοῖν ἑστῐ́αιν
toîn hestíain		 τῶν ἑστῐῶν
tôn hestiôn
Dative τῇ ἑστῐ́ᾳ
têi hestíāi		 τοῖν ἑστῐ́αιν
toîn hestíain		 ταῖς ἑστῐ́αις
taîs hestíais
Accusative τὴν ἑστῐ́ᾰν
tḕn hestían		 τὼ ἑστῐ́ᾱ
tṑ hestíā		 τᾱ̀ς ἑστῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s hestíās
Vocative ἑστῐ́ᾰ
hestía		 ἑστῐ́ᾱ
hestíā		 ἑστῐ́αι
hestíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἀνέστιος (anéstios)
  • Ἑστία (Hestía)
  • ἑστίαμα (hestíama)
  • ἑστίασις (hestíasis)
  • ἑστιάτωρ (hestiátōr)
  • ἑστιάω (hestiáō)
  • Ἑστιαῖον (Hestiaîon)
  • ἑστιόομαι (hestióomai)
  • ἕστιος (héstios)
  • ἑστιοῦχος (hestioûkhos)
  • ἑστιῶτις (hestiôtis)
  • ἐφέστιος (ephéstios)
  • ὁμέστιος (homéstios)
  • συνέστιος (sunéstios)

Descendants

References
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἑστία”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 471-472
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