Ἄλκηστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλκηστής (alkēstḗs, “valiant”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs). See ἀλκή (alkḗ).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἄλκηστῐς • (Álkēstĭs) f (genitive Ἀλκήστῐδος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Alcestis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἄλκηστῐς; τῆς Ἀλκήστῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἄλκηστῐς
hē Álkēstĭs
Genitive τῆς Ἀλκήστῐδος
tês Alkḗstĭdos
Dative τῇ Ἀλκήστῐδῐ
tēî Alkḗstĭdĭ
Accusative τὴν Ἀλκήστῐδᾰ
tḕn Alkḗstĭdă
Vocative Ἄλκηστῐς
Álkēstĭs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Descendants

  • Greek: Άλκηστις (Álkistis), Άλκηστη (Álkisti)
  • Latin: Alcēstis

References

  • “Ἄλκηστις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἄλκηστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000
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