αρχαιολογία

See also: ἀρχαιολογία

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología, “book of old stories, legends, traditions; written account of history”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “reason, thought, explanation”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix), with semantic loan from French archéologie (“archæology; the scientific study of the past”) and antique.[1] By surface analysis, αρχαιο- (archaio-) +‎ -λογία (-logía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar.çe.o.loˈʝi.a/
  • Hyphenation: αρ‧χαι‧ο‧λο‧γί‧α

Noun

αρχαιολογία • (archaiología) f (plural αρχαιολογίες)

  1. archaeology (UK), archeology (chiefly US)
    Synonym: αρχαιολ. (archaiol.)
  2. (figurative) antique, very old object
  3. (figurative) elderly person with antiquated notions

Declension

Declension of αρχαιολογία
singular plural
nominative αρχαιολογία (archaiología) αρχαιολογίες (archaiologíes)
genitive αρχαιολογίας (archaiologías) αρχαιολογιών (archaiologión)
accusative αρχαιολογία (archaiología) αρχαιολογίες (archaiologíes)
vocative αρχαιολογία (archaiología) αρχαιολογίες (archaiologíes)

References

  1. ^ αρχαιολογία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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