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 • (glĭ́ā) f (genitive γλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. glue

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλῐ́ᾱ hē glĭ́ā	τὼ γλῐ́ᾱ tṑ glĭ́ā	αἱ γλῐ́αι hai glĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς γλῐ́ᾱς tês glĭ́ās	τοῖν γλῐ́αιν toîn glĭ́ain	τῶν γλῐῶν tôn glĭôn
Dative	τῇ γλῐ́ᾳ têi glĭ́āi	τοῖν γλῐ́αιν toîn glĭ́ain	ταῖς γλῐ́αις taîs glĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν γλῐ́ᾱν tḕn glĭ́ān	τὼ γλῐ́ᾱ tṑ glĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς γλῐ́ᾱς tā̀s glĭ́ās
Vocative	γλῐ́ᾱ glĭ́ā	γλῐ́ᾱ glĭ́ā	γλῐ́αι glĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ γλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

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 (2006–2025)
• 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