ὀρθοέπεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Form ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) + ἔπος (épos, “word”) + -ιᾰ (-ia).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.tʰo.é.peː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /or.tʰoˈɛ.pi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /or.θoˈe.pi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /or.θoˈe.pi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /or.θoˈe.pi.a/
Noun
ὀρθοέπειᾰ • (orthoépeia) f (genitive ὀρθοεπείᾱς); first declension
- correct diction, especially in poetry
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ὀρθοέπειᾰ hē orthoépeia |
τὼ ὀρθοεπείᾱ tṑ orthoepeíā |
αἱ ὀρθοέπειαι hai orthoépeiai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ὀρθοεπείᾱς tês orthoepeíās |
τοῖν ὀρθοεπείαιν toîn orthoepeíain |
τῶν ὀρθοεπειῶν tôn orthoepeiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ὀρθοεπείᾳ têi orthoepeíāi |
τοῖν ὀρθοεπείαιν toîn orthoepeíain |
ταῖς ὀρθοεπείαις taîs orthoepeíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ὀρθοέπειᾰν tḕn orthoépeian |
τὼ ὀρθοεπείᾱ tṑ orthoepeíā |
τᾱ̀ς ὀρθοεπείᾱς tā̀s orthoepeíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀρθοέπειᾰ orthoépeia |
ὀρθοεπείᾱ orthoepeíā |
ὀρθοέπειαι orthoépeiai | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
Further reading
- ὀρθοέπεια in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρθοέπεια in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀρθοέπεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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