ζωγραφία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ζῳγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (zōigraphíā)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdɔː.ɡra.pʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zo.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zo.ɣraˈɸi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zo.ɣraˈfi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zo.ɣraˈfi.a/
Noun
ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (zōgraphíā) f (genitive ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- the art of painting
- in metaphorical use
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ hē zōgraphíā |
τὼ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ zōgraphíā |
αἱ ζωγρᾰφῐ́αι hai zōgraphíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tês zōgraphíās |
τοῖν ζωγρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn zōgraphíain |
τῶν ζωγρᾰφῐῶν tôn zōgraphiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾳ têi zōgraphíāi |
τοῖν ζωγρᾰφῐ́αιν toîn zōgraphíain |
ταῖς ζωγρᾰφῐ́αις taîs zōgraphíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱν tḕn zōgraphíān |
τὼ ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ tṑ zōgraphíā |
τᾱ̀ς ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s zōgraphíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ zōgraphíā |
ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ zōgraphíā |
ζωγρᾰφῐ́αι zōgraphíai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (art of painting): ζωγρᾰφῐκή (zōgraphikḗ)
Descendants
- Greek: ζωγραφιά f (zografiá, “illustration”)
References
- “ζωγρᾰφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζωγραφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ζωγραφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- painting idem, page 589.
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (zōgraphíā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zo.ɣɾaˈfi.a/
- Hyphenation: ζω‧γρα‧φί‧α
Declension
- as in the ancient ζωγραφία (zōgraphía)
Further reading
- Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
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