"Γαῖα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Γαῖα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɡâi̯.a/, /ˈʝɛ.a/, /ˈʝe.a/, /ɡâi̯.a/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈɡɛ.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈʝɛ.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈʝe.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈʝe.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”). Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Γαίᾱς|f|first|head=Γαῖᾰ}} Γαῖᾰ • (Gaîa) f (genitive Γαίᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Γαῖᾰ|ᾱς|form=S}}, {{grc-decl|Γαῖᾰ|ης|form=S}} Forms: Γαῖᾰ [canonical], Gaîa [romanization], Γαίᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Γαῖᾰ [nominative, singular], τῆς Γαίᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Γαίᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Γαῖᾰν [accusative, singular], Γαῖᾰ [singular, vocative], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Γαῖᾰ [nominative, singular], τῆς Γαίης [genitive, singular], τῇ Γαίῃ [dative, singular], τὴν Γαῖᾰν [accusative, singular], Γαῖᾰ [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Gaia or Gaea, the Earth personified as a goddess Wikipedia link: Gaia Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology Synonyms: Γαῖη (Gaîē) [Ionic], Γῆ (Gê)

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Gaia"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Gaia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Gaia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Γαία"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Γαία (Gaía)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Γαία (Gaía)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Gaea"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Gaea",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Gaea"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Gaea"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Gaea",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Gaea"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Γαῖᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gaîa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Γαίᾱς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ Γαῖᾰ",
      "roman": "hē Gaîa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Γαίᾱς",
      "roman": "tês Gaíās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Γαίᾳ",
      "roman": "têi Gaíāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Γαῖᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn Gaîan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Γαῖᾰ",
      "roman": "Gaîa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ Γαῖᾰ",
      "roman": "hē Gaîa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Γαίης",
      "roman": "tês Gaíēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Γαίῃ",
      "roman": "têi Gaíēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Γαῖᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn Gaîan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Γαῖᾰ",
      "roman": "Gaîa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Γαίᾱς",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "Γαῖᾰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Γαῖᾰ • (Gaîa) f (genitive Γαίᾱς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Γαῖᾰ",
        "2": "ᾱς",
        "form": "S"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Γαῖᾰ",
        "2": "ης",
        "form": "S"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Greek mythology",
          "orig": "grc:Greek mythology",
          "parents": [
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            "Mythology",
            "Ancient Europe",
            "Ancient Near East",
            "History of Greece",
            "Culture",
            "Ancient history",
            "History of Europe",
            "Ancient Asia",
            "Greece",
            "History of Asia",
            "Society",
            "History",
            "Europe",
            "Asia",
            "All topics",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Gaia or Gaea, the Earth personified as a goddess"
      ],
      "id": "en-Γαῖα-grc-name-PwGGrsSZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Gaia",
          "Gaia"
        ],
        [
          "Gaea",
          "Gaea"
        ],
        [
          "Earth",
          "Earth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) Gaia or Gaea, the Earth personified as a goddess"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "Gaîē",
          "tags": [
            "Ionic"
          ],
          "word": "Γαῖη"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Gê",
          "word": "Γῆ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Gaia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡâi̯.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝɛ.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡâi̯.a/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɛ.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝɛ.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Γαῖα"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Gaia"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Gaia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Gaia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Γαία"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Γαία (Gaía)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Γαία (Gaía)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Gaea"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Gaea",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Gaea"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Gaea"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Gaea",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Gaea"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From γαῖα (gaîa, “earth”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Γαῖᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gaîa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Γαίᾱς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ Γαῖᾰ",
      "roman": "hē Gaîa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Γαίᾱς",
      "roman": "tês Gaíās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Γαίᾳ",
      "roman": "têi Gaíāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Γαῖᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn Gaîan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Γαῖᾰ",
      "roman": "Gaîa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ Γαῖᾰ",
      "roman": "hē Gaîa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς Γαίης",
      "roman": "tês Gaíēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ Γαίῃ",
      "roman": "têi Gaíēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν Γαῖᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn Gaîan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Γαῖᾰ",
      "roman": "Gaîa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "Γαῖᾰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Γαῖᾰ • (Gaîa) f (genitive Γαίᾱς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Γαῖᾰ",
        "2": "ᾱς",
        "form": "S"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
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        "form": "S"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
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        "Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Gaia",
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        ],
        [
          "Gaea",
          "Gaea"
        ],
        [
          "Earth",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(Greek mythology) Gaia or Gaea, the Earth personified as a goddess"
      ],
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        "Greek"
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        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡâi̯.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝɛ.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.a/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡâi̯.a/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɛ.a/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝɛ.a/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.a/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Gaîē",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "Γαῖη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Gê",
      "word": "Γῆ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Γαῖα"
}

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