Alternative forms

• αἶα (aîa) — Epic, for the sake of meter

Etymology

Probably related to γῆ (gê, “earth”).^[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

γαῖᾰ • (gaîă) f (genitive γαίᾱς)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΓΑΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΓΑΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek properispomenon terms#ΓΑΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΓΑΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek first-declension nouns#ΓΑΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension#ΓΑΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΓΑΙΑCategory:Ancient Greek feminine nouns#ΓΑΙΑCategory:Pages with entries#ΓΑΙ͂ΑCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΓΑΙ͂Α; first declension

1. (poeticCategory:Ancient Greek poetic terms#ΓΑΙΑ) land, country
2. earth (material)
3. earth (element)
4. the Earth (see Γαῖα (Gaîa))

References

Further reading

• “γαῖα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γαῖα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γαῖα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γαῖα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαῖα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γαῖα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • country idem, page 178.
  • domain idem, page 246.
  • earth idem, page 259.
  • gaea (earth regarded as a goddess) idem, page 351.
  • ground idem, page 375.
  • land idem, page 475.
  • mould idem, page 543.
  • soil idem, page 791.