ἠθολογία
See also: ηθολογία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἠθολόγος (ēthológos, “painting manners by mimic gesture”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from ἦθος (êthos, “character”) + λόγος (lógos, “account”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.tʰo.lo.ɡí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝.tʰo.loˈɡi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.θo.loˈʝi.a/
Noun
ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ • (ēthologíā) f (genitive ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- a painting of character, especially by mimic gestures
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 95.66
- Aristides Quintilianus, On Music 1.9.3
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ hē ēthologíā | τὼ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ ēthologíā | αἱ ἠθολογῐ́αι hai ēthologíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς tês ēthologíās | τοῖν ἠθολογῐ́αιν toîn ēthologíain | τῶν ἠθολογῐῶν tôn ēthologiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἠθολογῐ́ᾳ têi ēthologíāi | τοῖν ἠθολογῐ́αιν toîn ēthologíain | ταῖς ἠθολογῐ́αις taîs ēthologíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἠθολογῐ́ᾱν tḕn ēthologíān | τὼ ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ tṑ ēthologíā | τᾱ̀ς ἠθολογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ēthologíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ ēthologíā | ἠθολογῐ́ᾱ ēthologíā | ἠθολογῐ́αι ēthologíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: ēthologia
References
- “ἠθολογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἠθολογία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette