γλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick; to spread, to smear”). Cognate with γλίνη (glínē), γλοιός (gloiós), Latin gluten, Proto-Germanic *klajjaz and Lithuanian glitùs.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlí.aː/ → /ˈɣli.a/ → /ˈɣli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣli.a/

Noun

γλῐ́ᾱ • (glíā) f (genitive γλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. glue

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλῐ́ᾱ hē glíā	τὼ γλῐ́ᾱ tṑ glíā	αἱ γλῐ́αι hai glíai
Genitive	τῆς γλῐ́ᾱς tês glíās	τοῖν γλῐ́αιν toîn glíain	τῶν γλῐῶν tôn gliôn
Dative	τῇ γλῐ́ᾳ têi glíāi	τοῖν γλῐ́αιν toîn glíain	ταῖς γλῐ́αις taîs glíais
Accusative	τὴν γλῐ́ᾱν tḕn glíān	τὼ γλῐ́ᾱ tṑ glíā	τᾱ̀ς γλῐ́ᾱς tā̀s glíās
Vocative	γλῐ́ᾱ glíā	γλῐ́ᾱ glíā	γλῐ́αι glíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• γλοιός (gloiós)

Further reading

• “γλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γλία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN