βία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷiā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to win”). Cognate with Sanskrit ज्या (jyā́, “overwhelming force; power; vanquishing”), जय (jayá, “victory”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βῐ́ᾱ • (bĭ́ā) f (genitive βῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. bodily strength, force
  2. act of violence

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βῐ́ᾱ
hē bĭ́ā 		τὼ βῐ́ᾱ
tṑ bĭ́ā 		αἱ βῐ́αι
hai bĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς βῐ́ᾱς
tês bĭ́ās 		τοῖν βῐ́αιν
toîn bĭ́ain 		τῶν βῐῶν
tôn bĭôn
Dative τῇ βῐ́ᾳ
tēî bĭ́āi 		τοῖν βῐ́αιν
toîn bĭ́ain 		ταῖς βῐ́αις
taîs bĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν βῐ́ᾱν
tḕn bĭ́ān 		τὼ βῐ́ᾱ
tṑ bĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς βῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s bĭ́ās
Vocative βῐ́ᾱ
bĭ́ā 		βῐ́ᾱ
bĭ́ā 		βῐ́αι
bĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βίᾱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 213

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βία (bía).

Noun

βία • (vía) f (uncountable)

  1. violence
  2. force
  3. bustle, rush

Declension

Declension of βία
singular
nominative βία (vía)
genitive βίας (vías)
accusative βία (vía)
vocative βία (vía)

Uncommon plural form βίες

Synonyms

  • (violence): βιαιοπραγία f (viaiopragía, “physical assault, assault and battery”)
  • (violence): βιαιότητα f (viaiótita, “violence”)
  • (rush): ορμητικότητα f (ormitikótita, “impetuosity, violence”)
  • (bustle): παραφορά f (paraforá, “excitement”)
  • (violence): σφοδρότητα f (sfodrótita, “violence, ferocity”)

Further reading

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