Ἀκαδημία
See also: ακαδημία and Ακαδημία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
Etymology
Disputed. Often said to be from Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos) (also Ἑκάδημος (Hekádēmos)), an Athenian hero and original estate-holder of the site + -ία (-ía). The name is also said to mean "silent district;" see ἀκή (akḗ, “silence”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “district”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ka.dɛː.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ka.de̝ˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ka.ðiˈmi.a/
Proper noun
Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ • (Akadēmíā) f (genitive Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- The Academy, an Athenian gymnasium where Plato taught.
Declension
First declension of ἡ Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ hē Akadēmíā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱς tês Akadēmíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾳ têi Akadēmíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱν tḕn Akadēmíān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ Akadēmíā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)
Descendants
- Greek: Ακαδημία (Akadimía)
- → Latin: acadēmīa
- → Catalan: acadèmia
- → English: academia
- → French: académie
- → Dutch: academie
- → Indonesian: akademi
- → English: academy
- → Scottish Gaelic: acadamaidh
- → Welsh: academi
- → German: Akademie
- → Romanian: academie
- → Turkish: akademi
- → Dutch: academie
- → Galician: academia
- → Irish: acadamh
- → Italian: accademia
- → Lithuanian: akademija
- → Occitan: acadèmia
- → Portuguese: academia
- → Russian: академия (akademija)
- → Serbo-Croatian: akademija
- → Slovene: akademija
- → Spanish: academia
- → Ukrainian: академія (akademija)
See also
- Λύκειον (Lúkeion)
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “academy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “Ἀκαδήμεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press