βία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βῐ́η (bíē) – Epic, Ionic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win”). Cognate with Sanskrit ज्या (jyā́, “overwhelming force; power; vanquishing”), जय (jayá, “victory”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.a/
Noun
βῐ́ᾱ • (bíā) f (genitive βῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- bodily strength, force
- act of violence
Inflection
First declension of ἡ βῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βῐ́ᾱ hē bíā | τὼ βῐ́ᾱ tṑ bíā | αἱ βῐ́αι hai bíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βῐ́ᾱς tês bíās | τοῖν βῐ́αιν toîn bíain | τῶν βῐῶν tôn biôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βῐ́ᾳ têi bíāi | τοῖν βῐ́αιν toîn bíain | ταῖς βῐ́αις taîs bíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βῐ́ᾱν tḕn bíān | τὼ βῐ́ᾱ tṑ bíā | τᾱ̀ς βῐ́ᾱς tā̀s bíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | βῐ́ᾱ bíā | βῐ́ᾱ bíā | βῐ́αι bíai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs)
- ἀντίβιος (antíbios)
- βιάζω (biázō)
- βίαιος (bíaios)
- βιάω (biáō)
- Εὐρυβιάδης (Eurubiádēs)
- Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía)
- ὑπέρβιος (hupérbios)
Further reading
- “βία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “βία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G970 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- βία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- brute idem, page 102.
- force idem, page 335.
- might idem, page 528.
- push idem, page 660.
- violence idem, page 953.
- 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βία (bía).
Noun
βία • (vía) f (uncountable)
- violence
- force
- bustle, rush
Declension
βία
case \\ number | singular | |
---|---|---|
nominative | βία • | |
genitive | βίας • | |
accusative | βία • | |
vocative | βία • | |
Uncommon plural form βίες |
Synonyms
- (violence): βιαιοπραγία f (viaiopragía, “physical assault, assault and battery”)
- (violence): βιαιότητα f (viaiótita, “violence”)
- (rush): ορμητικότητα f (ormitikótita, “impetuosity, violence”)
- (bustle): παραφορά f (paraforá, “excitement”)
- (violence): σφοδρότητα f (sfodrótita, “violence, ferocity”)
Further reading
βία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el