γεωγραφία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γεωγράφος (geōgráphos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) and γεω- (geō-) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡe.o.ɡraˈpʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝe.o.ɣraˈɸi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝe.o.ɣraˈfi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝe.o.ɣraˈfi.a/
Noun
γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (geōgrăphĭ́ā) f (genitive γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Koine)
- geography
- geographical work, map
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ hē geōgrăphĭ́ā |
αἱ γεωγρᾰφῐ́αι hai geōgrăphĭ́ai |
| Genitive | τῆς γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tês geōgrăphĭ́ās |
τῶν γεωγρᾰφῐῶν tôn geōgrăphĭôn |
| Dative | τῇ γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾳ tēî geōgrăphĭ́āi |
ταῖς γεωγρᾰφῐ́αις taîs geōgrăphĭ́ais |
| Accusative | τὴν γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱν tḕn geōgrăphĭ́ān |
τᾱ̀ς γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱς tā̀s geōgrăphĭ́ās |
| Vocative | γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ geōgrăphĭ́ā |
γεωγρᾰφῐ́αι geōgrăphĭ́ai |
Descendants
- ⇒ Arabic: جُغْرَافِيَا (juḡrāfiyā) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܹܐܘܿܓ݂ܪܵܦܝܼܵܐ (gēˀōḡrāpīyā)
- ⇒ Belarusian: геагра́фія (hjeahráfija)
- ⇒? Georgian: გეოგრაფია (geograpia)
- ⇒ Greek: γεωγραφία (geografía)
- ⇒ Latin: geōgraphia (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Latvian: ģeogrāfija
- ⇒ Lithuanian: geogrãfija
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: геогра̀фија
- Latin script: geogràfija
- → Serbo-Croatian: (calque)
Further reading
- γεωγραφία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γεωγραφία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- γεωγραφία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “γεωγραφία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Koine Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía), from Ancient Greek γεωγράφος (geōgráphos), from γεω- (geō-) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝeoɣraˈfia/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: γε‧ω‧γρα‧φία
Noun
γεωγραφία • (geografía) f (plural γεωγραφίες) (abbreviated γεωγρ. (geogr.))
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | γεωγραφία (geografía) | γεωγραφίες (geografíes) |
| genitive | γεωγραφίας (geografías) | γεωγραφιών (geografión) |
| accusative | γεωγραφία (geografía) | γεωγραφίες (geografíes) |
| vocative | γεωγραφία (geografía) | γεωγραφίες (geografíes) |
Related terms
- αγεωγράφητος (ageográfitos, “ungeographical”)
- γεωγραφικός (geografikós, “geographical, geographic”)