ἀμία in Ancient Greek

IPA: /a.mí.aː/, /aˈmi.a/, /aˈmi.a/, /a.mí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /aˈmi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /aˈmi.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /aˈmi.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /aˈmi.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Unknown. Thompson suggests a derivation from Egyptian mehi (“kind of fish”). Etymology templates: {{unk|grc}} Unknown, {{der|grc|egy|mehi||kind of fish}} Egyptian mehi (“kind of fish”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἀμῐ́ᾱ|ἀμῐ́ᾱς|f|first}} ἀμῐ́ᾱ • (amĭ́ā) f (genitive ἀμῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἀμῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: ἀμῐ́ᾱ [canonical], amĭ́ā [romanization], ἀμῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἀμῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἀμῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἀμῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἀμῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἀμῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἀμῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἀμῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἀμῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἀμῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν ἀμῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἀμῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἀμῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], ἀμῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], ἀμῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], ἀμῐ́αι [plural, vocative], ἀμίας [alternative]

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"ἀμία" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun