διχοτομία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διχότομος (dikhótomos, “cut in two”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ • (dĭkhotomĭ́ā) f (genitive δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (of the moon's quarter) dividing in two
  2. bisection, point of bisection
  3. point of division between wings of army
  4. (logic) division in two parts, dichotomy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ; τῆς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
hē dĭkhotomĭ́ā 		τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
tṑ dĭkhotomĭ́ā 		αἱ δῐχοτομῐ́αι
hai dĭkhotomĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς
tês dĭkhotomĭ́ās 		τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν
toîn dĭkhotomĭ́ain 		τῶν δῐχοτομῐῶν
tôn dĭkhotomĭôn
Dative τῇ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾳ
tēî dĭkhotomĭ́āi 		τοῖν δῐχοτομῐ́αιν
toîn dĭkhotomĭ́ain 		ταῖς δῐχοτομῐ́αις
taîs dĭkhotomĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱν
tḕn dĭkhotomĭ́ān 		τὼ δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
tṑ dĭkhotomĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s dĭkhotomĭ́ās
Vocative δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
dĭkhotomĭ́ā 		δῐχοτομῐ́ᾱ
dĭkhotomĭ́ā 		δῐχοτομῐ́αι
dĭkhotomĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: dichotomy
  • → German: Dichotomie
  • → Italian: dicotomia
  • → Spanish: dicotomía

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