εἰκονογραφία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰκονογράφος (eikonográphos, portrait painter) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ • (eikonogrăphĭ́āf (genitive εἰκονογρᾰφῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. sketch, description

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: iconography
  • Greek: εικονογραφία (eikonografía) (learned) (via Byzantine Greek)
  • Italian: iconografia

Further reading