προσοχή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From προσέχω (prosékhō, “to guard against”) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.so.kʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pro.soˈkʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pro.soˈçi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pro.soˈçi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pro.soˈçi/
Noun
προσοχή • (prosokhḗ) f (genitive προσοχῆς); first declension (Koine)
- (Koine) attention
Inflection
First declension of ἡ προσοχή; τῆς προσοχῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ προσοχή hē prosokhḗ | τὼ προσοχᾱ́ tṑ prosokhā́ | αἱ προσοχαί hai prosokhaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς προσοχῆς tês prosokhês | τοῖν προσοχαῖν toîn prosokhaîn | τῶν προσοχῶν tôn prosokhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ προσοχῇ têi prosokhêi | τοῖν προσοχαῖν toîn prosokhaîn | ταῖς προσοχαῖς taîs prosokhaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν προσοχήν tḕn prosokhḗn | τὼ προσοχᾱ́ tṑ prosokhā́ | τᾱ̀ς προσοχᾱ́ς tā̀s prosokhā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | προσοχή prosokhḗ | προσοχᾱ́ prosokhā́ | προσοχαί prosokhaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: προσοχή (prosochí)
Further reading
- “προσοχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “προσοχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- προσοχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προσοχή (prosokhḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾosoˈçi/
- Hyphenation: προ‧σο‧χή
Interjection
προσοχή • (prosochí)
- attention, be careful, watch out
- Προσοχή! Το δέντρο πέφτει.
- Prosochí! To déntro péftei.
- Watch out! The tree is falling!
- (military) attention (drill order)
Noun
προσοχή • (prosochí) f (uncountable)
- attention, focus
- Μην του αποσπάς την προσοχή όταν οδηγάει.
- Min tou apospás tin prosochí ótan odigáei.
- Don't distract his attention while he's driving.
- attention, care
- Οι δίσκοι μου χρειάζονται προσοχή και φροντίδα.
- Oi dískoi mou chreiázontai prosochí kai frontída.
- My records need attention and care.
- Το αυτοκίνητό μου θέλει προσοχή.
- To aftokínitó mou thélei prosochí.
- My car needs care.
- (military) attention (upright pose with hands rigidly at side)
Declension
προσοχή
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | προσοχή • |
genitive | προσοχής • |
accusative | προσοχή • |
vocative | προσοχή • |
Synonyms
- (attention, care): επιμέλεια f (epiméleia), πρόνοια f (prónoia), επαγρύπνηση f (epagrýpnisi)
Antonyms
- (attention!): ανάπαυση f (anápafsi, “at ease”)