βλασφημία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βλᾰ́σφημος (blásphēmos, “blasphemous”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blas.pʰɛː.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /blas.pʰe̝ˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βlas.ɸiˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vlas.fiˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vlas.fiˈmi.a/
Noun
βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ • (blasphēmíā) f (genitive βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- word of evil omen, profane speech
- Antonym: εὐφημῐ́ᾱ (euphēmíā)
- defamation, slander, libel
- blasphemy, irreverent speech against God
Inflection
First declension of ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ hē blasphēmíā | τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ tṑ blasphēmíā | αἱ βλᾰσφημῐ́αι hai blasphēmíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς tês blasphēmíās | τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν toîn blasphēmíain | τῶν βλᾰσφημῐῶν tôn blasphēmiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾳ têi blasphēmíāi | τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν toîn blasphēmíain | ταῖς βλᾰσφημῐ́αις taîs blasphēmíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱν tḕn blasphēmíān | τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ tṑ blasphēmíā | τᾱ̀ς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς tā̀s blasphēmíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ blasphēmíā | βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ blasphēmíā | βλᾰσφημῐ́αι blasphēmíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: blasphēmia (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “βλασφημία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βλασφημία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βλασφημία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βλασφημία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
Greek
Alternative forms
- βλαστήμια (vlastímia)
Etymology
From the roots *blas-, *mlas- from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to deceive”) + φημί (phēmí, “I say”).
Noun
βλασφημία • (vlasfimía) f
- blasphemy
Declension
declension of βλασφημία
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | βλασφημία • | βλασφημίες • |
genitive | βλασφημίας • | βλασφημιών • |
accusative | βλασφημία • | βλασφημίες • |
vocative | βλασφημία • | βλασφημίες • |
Related terms
- βλάσφημος (vlásfimos)
- βλασφημώ (vlasfimó)