-εία

See also: -εια, -εῖα, εἴα, and εἶα

Ancient Greek

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-είᾱ • (-eíā) f (genitive -είᾱς); first declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-είᾱ -eíā	-είᾱ -eíā	-εῖαι -eîai
Genitive	-είᾱς -eíās	-είαιν -eíain	-ειῶν -eiôn
Dative	-είᾳ -eíāi	-είαιν -eíain	-είαις -eíais
Accusative	-είᾱν -eíān	-είᾱ -eíā	-είᾱς -eíās
Vocative	-είᾱ -eíā	-είᾱ -eíā	-εῖαι -eîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

A conflation of Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) and -εῖα (-eîa).

-εία • (-eía) f

Used to form feminine nouns, mainly from verbs ending in -εύω (-évo):
‎κολακεύω (kolakévo, “flatter”) + ‎-εία (-eía) → ‎κολακεία (kolakeía, “flattery”)
Some of them, meaning place or building
‎πρεσβεύω (presvévo, “ancient sense: be an ambassador”) + ‎-εία (-eía) → ‎πρεσβεία (presveía, “embassy”)

-εία • (-eía) n

Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of -είο (-eío). of nouns like σχολείο n (scholeío, “school”)

-εία • (-eía)

Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of -ύς (-ýs). of adjectives -ύς, -είς, -ύ like ευθύς (efthýs, “straight”)