βίαιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βίᾱ (bíā) + -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bí.ai̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbi.ɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβi.ɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvi.e.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvi.e.os/
Adjective
βίαιος • (bíaios) m (feminine βῐαίᾱ, neuter βίαιον); first/second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | βῐ́αιος bĭ́aios |
βῐαίᾱ bĭaíā |
βῐ́αιον bĭ́aion |
βῐαίω bĭaíō |
βῐαίᾱ bĭaíā |
βῐαίω bĭaíō |
βῐ́αιοι bĭ́aioi |
βῐ́αιαι bĭ́aiai |
βῐ́αιᾰ bĭ́aiă | |||||
| Genitive | βῐαίου bĭaíou |
βῐαίᾱς bĭaíās |
βῐαίου bĭaíou |
βῐαίοιν bĭaíoin |
βῐαίαιν bĭaíain |
βῐαίοιν bĭaíoin |
βῐαίων bĭaíōn |
βῐαίων bĭaíōn |
βῐαίων bĭaíōn | |||||
| Dative | βῐαίῳ bĭaíōi |
βῐαίᾳ bĭaíāi |
βῐαίῳ bĭaíōi |
βῐαίοιν bĭaíoin |
βῐαίαιν bĭaíain |
βῐαίοιν bĭaíoin |
βῐαίοις bĭaíois |
βῐαίαις bĭaíais |
βῐαίοις bĭaíois | |||||
| Accusative | βῐ́αιον bĭ́aion |
βῐαίᾱν bĭaíān |
βῐ́αιον bĭ́aion |
βῐαίω bĭaíō |
βῐαίᾱ bĭaíā |
βῐαίω bĭaíō |
βῐαίους bĭaíous |
βῐαίᾱς bĭaíās |
βῐ́αιᾰ bĭ́aiă | |||||
| Vocative | βῐ́αιε bĭ́aie |
βῐαίᾱ bĭaíā |
βῐ́αιον bĭ́aion |
βῐαίω bĭaíō |
βῐαίᾱ bĭaíā |
βῐαίω bĭaíō |
βῐ́αιοι bĭ́aioi |
βῐ́αιαι bĭ́aiai |
βῐ́αιᾰ bĭ́aiă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βῐαίως bĭaíōs |
βῐαιότερος bĭaióteros |
βῐαιότᾰτος bĭaiótătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Further reading
- “βίαιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βίαιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βίαιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βίαιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “βίαιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βίαιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G972 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- arbitrary idem, page 38.
- coercive idem, page 141.
- compulsory idem, page 154.
- enforced idem, page 274.
- extorted idem, page 297.
- forcible idem, page 335.
- high-handed idem, page 400.
- ruffianly idem, page 725.
- summary idem, page 837.
- violent idem, page 953.
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek βίαιος (bíaios). By surface analysis, βία (vía) + -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvi.e.os/
Adjective
βίαιος • (víaios) m (feminine βίαιη, neuter βίαιο)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | βίαιος (víaios) | βίαιη (víaii) | βίαιο (víaio) | βίαιοι (víaioi) | βίαιες (víaies) | βίαια (víaia) | |
| genitive | βίαιου (víaiou) | βίαιης (víaiis) | βίαιου (víaiou) | βίαιων (víaion) | βίαιων (víaion) | βίαιων (víaion) | |
| accusative | βίαιο (víaio) | βίαιη (víaii) | βίαιο (víaio) | βίαιους (víaious) | βίαιες (víaies) | βίαια (víaia) | |
| vocative | βίαιε (víaie) | βίαιη (víaii) | βίαιο (víaio) | βίαιοι (víaioi) | βίαιες (víaies) | βίαια (víaia) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο βίαιος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο βίαιος, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο βιαιότερος", etc)
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Further reading
- βίαιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language