λογομαχία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λογομᾰχέω (logomakhéō, “to fight about words”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from λόγος (lógos, “word”) + μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “battle”) + -έω (-éō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lo.ɡo.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lo.ɡo.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lo.ɣo.maˈçi.a/
Noun
λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ • (logomakhíā) f (genitive λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- a fight about words
Inflection
First declension of ἡ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē logomakhíā | τὼ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ logomakhíā | αἱ λογομᾰχῐ́αι hai logomakhíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês logomakhíās | τοῖν λογομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn logomakhíain | τῶν λογομᾰχῐῶν tôn logomakhiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾳ têi logomakhíāi | τοῖν λογομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn logomakhíain | ταῖς λογομᾰχῐ́αις taîs logomakhíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn logomakhíān | τὼ λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ logomakhíā | τᾱ̀ς λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s logomakhíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ logomakhíā | λογομᾰχῐ́ᾱ logomakhíā | λογομᾰχῐ́αι logomakhíai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (dispute about words): φωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (phōnomakhíā)
Descendants
- → Latin: logomachia
- → English: logomachy
- → Italian: logomachia
- → Polish: logomachia
- → Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰 (waurdajiuka) (calque)
References
- “λογομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λογομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λογομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3055 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible