"Ἄλκηστις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἄλκηστις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ál.kɛːs.tis/, /ˈal.cis.tis/, /ˈal.cis.tis/, /ál.kɛːs.tis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈal.ke̝s.tis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈal.cis.tis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈal.cis.tis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈal.cis.tis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἀλκηστής (alkēstḗs, “valiant”) + -ῐς (-is). See ἀλκή (alkḗ). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*h₂lek-}}, {{af|grc|ἀλκηστής|-ῐς|t1=valiant}} ἀλκηστής (alkēstḗs, “valiant”) + -ῐς (-is), {{m|grc|ἀλκή}} ἀλκή (alkḗ) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἄλκηστῐς|Ἀλκήστῐδος|f|third}} Ἄλκηστῐς • (Álkēstis) f (genitive Ἀλκήστῐδος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἄλκηστῐς|Ἀλκήστῐδος|form=sing}} Forms: Ἄλκηστῐς [canonical], Álkēstis [romanization], Ἀλκήστῐδος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ Ἄλκηστῐς [nominative, singular], τῆς Ἀλκήστῐδος [genitive, singular], τῇ Ἀλκήστῐδῐ [dative, singular], τὴν Ἀλκήστῐδᾰ [accusative, singular], Ἄλκηστῐς [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Alcestis Wikipedia link: Alcestis Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Mythological figures

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