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Ἑλληνίδα (Hellenida)

Ἑλληνίδα is an Ancient Greek form of Ἑλληνίς, meaning “Hellenis — Greek woman; Greek”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 34 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Themistocles 6.2: ἐπαινεῖται δʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ περὶ τὸν δίγλωττον ἔργον ἐν τοῖς πεμφθεῖσιν ὑπὸ βασιλέως ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ ὕδατος αἴτησιν. ἑρμηνέα γὰρ ὄντα συλλαβὼν διὰ ψηφίσματος ἀπέκτεινεν ὅτι φωνὴν Ἑλληνίδα βαρβάροις προστάγμασιν ἐτόλμησε χρῆσαι.

All forms of Ἑλληνίς (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.