εμμονή

See also: έμμονη

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμμονή (emmonḗ, “abidance, continuance”), with adaptation of meaning to εμμένω (emméno).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.moˈni/
  • Hyphenation: εμ‧μο‧νή

Noun

εμμονή • (emmoní) f (plural εμμονές)

  1. adherence (faithful support for some cause)
  2. persistence, adamance
  3. fixation, obsession

Declension

Declension of εμμονή
singular plural
nominative εμμονή (emmoní) εμμονές (emmonés)
genitive εμμονής (emmonís) εμμονών (emmonón)
accusative εμμονή (emmoní) εμμονές (emmonés)
vocative εμμονή (emmoní) εμμονές (emmonés)

References

  1. ^ εμμονή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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