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Ἑστιάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἑστιάς Ἑστιάδος

Structure: Ἑστιαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: E(sti/a

Sense

  1. a Vestal virgin

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Ἑστιάς Ἑστιάδε Ἑστιάδες
Genitive Ἑστιάδος Ἑστιάδοιν Ἑστιάδων
Dative Ἑστιάδι Ἑστιάδοιν Ἑστιάσιν*
Accusative Ἑστιάδα Ἑστιάδε Ἑστιάδας
Vocative Ἑστιά Ἑστιάδε Ἑστιάδες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τοῦθ’ ὑφηγεῖται δὲ ὃ καὶ ὁ κοινὸσ νόμοσ, καθάπερ οἱ Πυθαγόρειοι λέγουσιν, ὥσπερ ἱκέτιν καὶ ἀφ’ ἑστίασ ἠγμένην ὡσ ἥκιστα δεῖν δοκεῖν ἀδικεῖν· (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 20:3)
  • "λέγω δὲ ὁμιλίασ ἀξιωθῆναι καὶ ἑστίασ κοινωνῆσαι καὶ εἰσ τὴν πρώτην οἰκίαν τῶν ἐν τῇ Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῇ καταδεχθῆναι· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 20:5)
  • ω χαψε μἑλαθμον πρόπυλὰ θ’ ἑστίασ ἐμῆσ, ὡσ ἄσμενὸσ σ1’ ἐσεῖδον ἐσ φάοσ μολών. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 1:1)
  • μηδὲ γαῖάν ποτ’ ἔλθοι Λάκαιναν πατρῷ‐ όν τε θάλαμον ἑστίασ, μηδὲ πόλιν Πιτάνασ χαλκόπυλόν τε θεάν, δύσγαμον αἶσχοσ ἑλὼν Ἑλλάδι τᾷ μεγάλᾳ καὶ Σιμοεντιάσιν μέλεα πάθεα ῥοῇσιν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, antistrophe 22)
  • πρὸσ τῆσ Ἑστίασ; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:24)

Synonyms

  1. a Vestal virgin

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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