βλασφημία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλᾰ́σφημος (blắsphēmos, “blasphemous”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ • (blăsphēmĭ́ā) f (genitive βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. word of evil omen, profane speech
    Antonym: εὐφημῐ́ᾱ (euphēmĭ́ā)
  2. defamation, slander, libel
  3. blasphemy, irreverent speech against God

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ; τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
hē blăsphēmĭ́ā 		τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
tṑ blăsphēmĭ́ā 		αἱ βλᾰσφημῐ́αι
hai blăsphēmĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς
tês blăsphēmĭ́ās 		τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν
toîn blăsphēmĭ́ain 		τῶν βλᾰσφημῐῶν
tôn blăsphēmĭôn
Dative τῇ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾳ
tēî blăsphēmĭ́āi 		τοῖν βλᾰσφημῐ́αιν
toîn blăsphēmĭ́ain 		ταῖς βλᾰσφημῐ́αις
taîs blăsphēmĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱν
tḕn blăsphēmĭ́ān 		τὼ βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
tṑ blăsphēmĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s blăsphēmĭ́ās
Vocative βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
blăsphēmĭ́ā 		βλᾰσφημῐ́ᾱ
blăsphēmĭ́ā 		βλᾰσφημῐ́αι
blăsphēmĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: blasphēmia (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the roots *blas-, *mlas- from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to deceive”) + φημί (phēmí, “I say”).

Noun

βλασφημία • (vlasfimía) f

  1. blasphemy

Declension

Declension of βλασφημία
singular plural
nominative βλασφημία (vlasfimía) βλασφημίες (vlasfimíes)
genitive βλασφημίας (vlasfimías) βλασφημιών (vlasfimión)
accusative βλασφημία (vlasfimía) βλασφημίες (vlasfimíes)
vocative βλασφημία (vlasfimía) βλασφημίες (vlasfimíes)
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